If ipip is built as a module the 'ip tunnel add' command would fail because the ipip module was not being autoloaded. Adding an alias for the tunl0 device name cause dev_load() to autoload it when needed. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c 2010-11-29 11:40:25.026277890 -0800 +++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c 2010-11-29 11:41:05.790681069 -0800 @@ -913,3 +913,4 @@ static void __exit ipip_fini(void) module_init(ipip_init); module_exit(ipip_fini); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_ALIAS("tunl0"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html