Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272585AbTG1AuP (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:50:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272604AbTG1AtD (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:49:03 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:35507 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272585AbTG1Any (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:43:54 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:55:57 -0700 From: "David S. Miller" To: "Carlos Velasco" Cc: bloemsaa@xs4all.nl, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, layes@loran.com, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices Message-Id: <20030727175557.1d624b36.davem@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <200307280253090799.10BB2DF0@192.168.128.16> References: <200307280140470646.1078EC67@192.168.128.16> <20030727164649.517b2b88.davem@redhat.com> <200307280158250677.10891156@192.168.128.16> <20030727165831.05904792.davem@redhat.com> <200307280211590888.10957DD9@192.168.128.16> <20030727171403.6e5bcc58.davem@redhat.com> <200307280235210263.10AADFF8@192.168.128.16> <20030727173600.475d95fb.davem@redhat.com> <200307280253090799.10BB2DF0@192.168.128.16> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.2 (GTK+ 1.2.6; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1084 Lines: 24 On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 02:53:09 +0200 "Carlos Velasco" wrote: > But if the hidden patch and /proc switch would be in the main kernel, > it would be the simpliest way to solve all these "problems" (with an > echo "1" and without filtering or using iproute2). With or without your suggestion, people have to do something different. This doesn't even address all the problems there are with the hidden patch. It does things that belong on the netfilter level and not on the ARP/routing level. Again, I'd like you to read all the discussions that have happened on this topic in the past, in particular those made by Alexey Kuznetsov on this topic. He gives very clear and concise reasons why the "hidden" patch is logically doing things in the wrong part of the kernel, and therefore won't ever be put into the tree. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/