Re: OT(?) -- Should the net.agent script cause "ifup lo" to be run?

[David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>]

> It would be nice to be able to determine whether an interface
> is created because someone manually loaded the module or whether
> kmod loaded it, but I'm not sure how that would be instrumented.

One thing I'm saying is that such things shouldn't matter.
Intent shouldn't be asked; reliable program systems
rarely have "if (CameFrom (...)) ..." logic.

What should get tested is something explicit, such as
the interface state:  is it already "up", is there a carrier,
does it even need a carrier, and so on.  I don't know
that all the right information is available ... unless you
apply heuristics based on device names.  (Such
heuristics seem to be the only solution for now.)


> > In the 2.5
> > kernels it might be good to make all network interfaces
> > fit into a common initialization model.
> 
> I think you're fundamentally misunderstanding how PPP works; for

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying.  But since
network interface operation can't change for 2.4, and I
think that's what you're focussed on, I won't try to clarify.

- Dave


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