netdev - Re: /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/ issue unsolved

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Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:49:50 +0000
From:	"Hugo Santos" <hugosantos@...il.com>
To:	"Neil Horman" <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	"Hasso Tepper" <hasso@...pak.ee>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/ issue unsolved

> Yes, I understand that, but until the IFF_UP flag is set on the interface, it
> doesn't really have any effect on the system as a whole.  You should be able to
> undo any default setting that you want before you call ifup on the interface, or
> am I missing something?

  If i understand what you are proposing, in that context you can't
undo before you set IFF_UP because the sysfs entries do not exist yet,
and undoing later is too late as in the case of auto-configuration for
instance the kernel might already have sent a RtSol.

  Hugo
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