Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271832AbTHRNYz (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 09:24:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271834AbTHRNYz (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 09:24:55 -0400 Received: from mail.cyberus.ca ([209.195.118.111]:13584 "EHLO mail.cyberus.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271832AbTHRNYw (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 09:24:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices From: jamal Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Stephan von Krawczynski , willy@w.ods.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, carlosev@newipnet.com, lamont@scriptkiddie.org, davidsen@tmr.com, 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 In-Reply-To: <20030818055555.248f2a01.davem@redhat.com> References: <20030728213933.F81299@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <200308171509570955.003E4FEC@192.168.128.16> <200308171516090038.0043F977@192.168.128.16> <1061127715.21885.35.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <200308171555280781.0067FB36@192.168.128.16> <1061134091.21886.40.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <200308171759540391.00AA8CAB@192.168.128.16> <1061137577.21885.50.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <200308171827130739.00C3905F@192.168.128.16> <1061141045.21885.74.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030817224849.GB734@alpha.home.local> <20030817223118.3cbc497c.davem@redhat.com> <20030818133957.3d3d51d2.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030818044419.0bc24d14.davem@redhat.com> <20030818143401.1352d158.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030818053007.7852ca77.davem@redhat.com> <20030818145316.3a81f70c.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030818055555.248f2a01.davem@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: jamalopolis Message-Id: <1061213027.16017.2220.camel@jzny.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 18 Aug 2003 09:23:48 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1080 Lines: 30 On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 08:55, David S. Miller wrote: > Under Linux, by default, IP addresses are owned by the system > not by interfaces. Folks, the above is the punch line. I am just going over all emails on this thread and i see this point being missed. People are quoting tons of RFCs while the really important point being missed is the above line. > For scenerios where this doesn't work, we have ways to make the > kernel behave the way you want it to. > and you are provided with alternatives if you dont like the way it works. I think even Julian is happy with this. Ok, heres a neat little feature requst: someone create arp rewrite rules with ARPtable so we can have do MAC address aliasing. Guys, Lets have Davem worry about more imporant things. Maybe we should have a web page or FAQ on this topic? cheers, jamal - 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/