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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ipip: add module alias for tunl0 tunnel device
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Le mardi 30 novembre 2010 =C3=A0 08:08 -0800, Stephen Hemminger a =C3=A9=
crit :

> If you run debian there is a list of aliases in /etc/modprobe.d/alias=
es.conf
> that includes the ipip alias.
>=20
> My patch provides same information from the kernel. In olden times,
> the kernel relied more on user space defined aliases, but in the mode=
rn
> era MODULE_ALIAS() is used to provide that information.
>=20

Thanks for the clarification.

Running an old Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 8)

# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 bnx2x
alias eth1 bnx2x
alias eth2 tg3
alias eth3 tg3

(No /etc/modprobe.d/ directory)

But I can see the alias in the '.dist' file

# grep ipip /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
alias tunl0 ipip

# mv /etc/modprobe.conf.dist /etc/modprobe.conf.dist.old
# ip tunnel add mode ipip
ioctl: No such device

Thanks !