From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Hugo Santos" Subject: Re: /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/ issue unsolved Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:49:50 +0000 Message-ID: <9c46321e0702131149j4b9b642cvfe397d5bd2a30038@mail.gmail.com> References: <200702131529.04708.hasso@estpak.ee> <20070213185820.GB25362@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> <9c46321e0702131124q33b4e263ybc38555cf1544769@mail.gmail.com> <20070213194538.GF25362@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Hasso Tepper" , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: "Neil Horman" Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:53042 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750831AbXBMTtw (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:49:52 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 44so333314uga for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:49:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20070213194538.GF25362@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org > Yes, I understand that, but until the IFF_UP flag is set on the interface, it > doesn't really have any effect on the system as a whole. You should be able to > undo any default setting that you want before you call ifup on the interface, or > am I missing something? If i understand what you are proposing, in that context you can't undo before you set IFF_UP because the sysfs entries do not exist yet, and undoing later is too late as in the case of auto-configuration for instance the kernel might already have sent a RtSol. Hugo