On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Matyas Koszik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:44:55 +0200 (CEST) > > > ... but it doesn't, so those addresses are treated as local which is bad. > > No, shutting down an interface should not remove ipv4 addresses. The > user must explicitly remove them. > > This behavior has been around long enough that I know people > out there depend upon it, and your change would break their > setups.
Then it maybe shouldn't affect the flow of packets while the interface is down - or is it also something people depend on? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
