netdev - Re: Setting mac address of loopback device

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:49:20 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Setting mac address of loopback device

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:53:49AM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> BTW, how to change route to redirect _local_ traffic (that is packets
> sending to itself) to a non-loopback device? I tried to modify local
> route table, but have no luck to make it working.

Have you seen the route_localnet sysctl? It should avoid the check for
loopback addresses when building outgoing route.

Greetings,

  Hannes

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