linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 3/6] Tools: hv: Add an example script to configure an interface

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Message-ID: <20121122211248.GA18828@aepfle.de>
Date:	Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:12:48 +0100
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, apw@...onical.com,
	ben@...adent.org.uk, thozza@...hat.com, dcbw@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 3/6] Tools: hv: Add an example script to configure an
 interface

On Wed, Sep 05, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:

> To keep the KVP daemon code free of distro specific details, we invoke an
> external script to configure the interface. This is an example script that
> was used to test the KVP code. This script has to be implemented in a Distro
> specific fashion. For instance on distros that ship with Network Manager enabled,
> this script can be based on NM APIs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  tools/hv/hv_set_ifconfig.sh |   68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 tools/hv/hv_set_ifconfig.sh

This already went in, but I overlooked this part:

> +# GATEWAY=ipaddr1

I guest GATEWAY means the default gateway.

> +# GATEWAY_x=ipaddry (where y = x + 1)

How can there be multiple gateways?
Or: What does GATEWAY_n mean here?

Olaf
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