Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:09:20 -0700 From: steve@Watt.COM (Steve Watt) To: stable@freebsd.org, mikem@wmis.net Subject: Re: 4.6-PRERELASE fxp alias woes Message-ID: <200205240009.g4O09Kb2081251@wattres.Watt.COM> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020513142059.03741410@127.0.0.1>
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In article <5.1.0.14.2.20020513142059.03741410@127.0.0.1> you write: >network_interfaces="fxp0 lo0" >ifconfig_fxp0="inet 216.109.194.4 netmask 255.255.255.0" >ifconfig_fxp0_alias0="inet 216.109.194.8 netmask 255.255.255.0" As everyone has pointed out, the kernel is now enforcing netmasks on same-subnet aliases. But I've got a really simple question: Why, if it is so easy to detect programatically, do we not just *fix* it automagically? Is there *ever* a case where it is useful to have a same-subnet alias with a different subnet mask (besides the obvious point of it doesn't work with the current code). In other words, is there some useful future behavior that such a change would make unpleasant/undoable? -- Steve Watt KD6GGD PP-ASEL-IA ICBM: 121W 56' 57.8" / 37N 20' 14.9" Internet: steve @ Watt.COM Whois: SW32 Free time? There's no such thing. It just comes in varying prices... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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