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Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:38:35 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org> Cc: linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: What were the reasons of having mandatory IP address at AX.25 interfaces ? Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org> writes: > .. the original reason was apparently that _ifconfig_ blew up > when it saw protocols that it didn't understand on network > interfaces. Possibly when there was no IP protocol on an > interface. It's not only ifconfig, a lot of programs use SIOCGIFCONF to query ip addresses. -Andi -- 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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