netdev - Re: PATCH: Network Device Naming mechanism and policy

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:44:29 -0500
From:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
To:	Rob Townley <rob.townley@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org,
	Narendra_K@...l.com, jordan_hargrave@...l.com
Subject: Re: PATCH: Network Device Naming mechanism and policy

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 01:35:25PM -0500, Rob Townley wrote:
> > Again, is what we currently have broken?  I am confused as to what this
> > is referring to.
> 
> Yes, ping and traceroute are broken at least on Fedora, CentOS, and busybox.
> On a multinic, multigatewayed machine, passing ethX instead of the IP
> address will give the false result: "Destination Host Unreachable"
> when the machine's default gateway is reached thru the other nic.   In
> the following example, the default gateway is thru eth1, not eth0.

Unrelated to this thread.  We're having a hard enough time making sure
this conversation accurately reflects the views and needs of everyone
involved.  Please let's not throw in another tangent.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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