Re: [PATCH] Allow class-e address assignment via ifconfig ioctl

2018-12-15 Thread David Miller
From: Dave Taht Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:22:52 -0800 > Into what tree did you pull it? it's not in net-next as I speak. It's in the 'net' tree.

Re: [PATCH] Allow class-e address assignment via ifconfig ioctl

2018-12-15 Thread Dave Taht
David Miller writes: > From: Dave Taht > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:30:34 -0800 > >> While most distributions long ago switched to the iproute2 suite >> of utilities, which allow class-e (240.0.0.0/4) address assignment, >> distributions relying on busybox, toybox and other forms of >> ifconfig c

Re: [PATCH] Allow class-e address assignment via ifconfig ioctl

2018-12-14 Thread David Miller
From: Dave Taht Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:30:34 -0800 > While most distributions long ago switched to the iproute2 suite > of utilities, which allow class-e (240.0.0.0/4) address assignment, > distributions relying on busybox, toybox and other forms of > ifconfig cannot assign class-e addresses w

[PATCH] Allow class-e address assignment via ifconfig ioctl

2018-12-11 Thread Dave Taht
While most distributions long ago switched to the iproute2 suite of utilities, which allow class-e (240.0.0.0/4) address assignment, distributions relying on busybox, toybox and other forms of ifconfig cannot assign class-e addresses without this kernel patch. While CIDR has been obsolete for 2 de