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Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:32:10 -0700 From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> To: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> CC: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Could you make vconfig less stupid? Patrick McHardy wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: >> vconfig prints bogus message, then autoloads the vlan module. >> It is still living in 2.4 time warp. >> >> # vconfig add dummy0 1 >> WARNING: Could not open /proc/net/vlan/config. Maybe you need to >> load the 8021q module, or maybe you are not using PROCFS?? >> Added VLAN with VID == 1 to IF -:dummy0:- >> >> Other nuisance: >> # vconfig --version >> Expecting argc to be 3-5, inclusive. Was: 2 >> ... >> >> 1) users expect version >> 2) users don't expect argc related crap messages > > Actually I don't maintain vconfig and I don't think Ben does either. > Its deprecated and iproute is what people should use, all the new > features are not supported by vconfig. I can fix these things if anyone cares, but leaving it crufty might be a better way to encourage folks to use 'ip'. Ben > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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