On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Thomas Graf wrote:
This is not only about dial on demand but about "on demand"
interfaces. We need to have a route to the device so the
driver/manager/whatever can see the demand. If we disable routes on
!IFF_RUNNING we don't have this route and we never see the demand.
That's where the solution of deleting all routes upon carrier loss
fails.
Why would an on-demand dialup device go ~IFF_RUNNING? The whole point
of such a device is to /hide/ whether the physical layer is up or
not.
regards,
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