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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:34:04 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> To: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7 net-2.6.25] [IPV4]: Prohibit assignment of 0.0.0.0 as interface address. On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:51:59 +0300 "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org> wrote: > I could hardly imagine why sombady needs to assign 0.0.0.0 as an interface > address or interface destination address. The kernel will behave in a strage > way in several places if this is possible, as ifa_local != 0 is considered > as initialized/non-initialized state of the ifa. > > Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@...nvz.org> > This is used as a way to bring device up in lots of existing documentation. So please don't change. -- Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.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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