Tom Horsley (horsley1953(a)gmail.com) said:
> This way both minimal install and bigger
> installs that use network manager can coexist.
Actually, people claim they can coexist already, now that
the NM_MANAGED (or whatever it is named) flag has been added
to the ifcfg files.
That's never set by default, so you'd have them both managing
the same interfaces.
Now, in rawhide/F13, you have integration code such that
ifup/ifdown will call NetworkManager if it's running to
bring devices up/down, however, this is very new code and
probably still needs some shaking out.
Which really brings up the question:
Why the heck is network disabled by default? If they can
in fact coexist, why not just always enable both?
Starting two services is wasteful.
Bill