How to renew eth0 settings without doing a reset

[Ian Abbott]

On 25/01/17 14:53, Haris Papadopoulos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to configure a static ip address for my barebox.
>
> I edit the file /env/network/eth0 and then I do saveenv.
>
> Then I do ifup eth0. There is no ifdown command in barebox.
>
> I noticed that the only way to make the new ip address effective is to
> reset the board. However, I will be doing this process with a script
> or maybe remotely.
>
> Therefore, I would like to make the new address effective without a
> reset. How is that possible?

Have you tried the ifup command's -f option to force it to reconfigure 
the interface?

I'm not sure when that option was added to barebox.

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