netdev - [PATCH net] ip6gre: add a rtnl link alias for ip6gretap

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:03:00 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] ip6gre: add a rtnl link alias for ip6gretap

With this alias, we don't need to load manually the module before adding an
ip6gretap interface with iproute2.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 5f19dfbc4c6a..d172ec4ec9d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1724,4 +1724,5 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("D. Kozlov (xeb@...l.ru)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GRE over IPv6 tunneling device");
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("ip6gre");
+MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("ip6gretap");
 MODULE_ALIAS_NETDEV("ip6gre0");
-- 
2.1.0

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