[RFC PATCH 2/2] net: ifup: have ifup -a stop at the first interface

[Sascha Hauer]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:52:36AM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> The normal use case for ifup -a is to get *some* interface working and
> not really wait for all interfaces to come up and then timeout waiting
> for those without link up to get their DHCP lease. Thus repurpose ifup
> -a to mean bring up all interfaces until first success with the new
> ifup -A restoring the old behavior.

I am not very keen on changing the meaning of the -a option. We should
rather keep -a like it is and add a new option for your purpose, like
-s (for "s"ome interface) or -o ("o"ne interface).
The occurences of "ifup -a" in the tree can/should be changed then
accordingly as well.

Sascha

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