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-.Dd August 28, 2019
+.Dd October 9, 2019
.Dt DHCPCD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
metric.
See options below for controlling which interfaces we allow and deny through
the use of patterns.
+.Pp
+Non-ethernet interfaces and virtual ethernet interfaces
+such as TAP and bridge are ignored by default,
+as is the FireWire interface.
+To work with these devices they either need to be specified on the command line,
+be listed in
+.Fl Fl allowinterfaces
+or have an interface directive in
+.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.conf .
.Ss Hooking into events
.Nm
runs