My 2 cents take on this ... > We don't mention that you can use Net-Tools instead of IPRoute and > then add a note to the bootscripts page. > > Is there any difference?
It's huge. Basically net-tools are racy (with regard to SMP, proc-fs and ioctl) and lack most of the advanced networking functionality given by iproute2. If it's just to set up LFS, then net-tools should be sufficient, but then again, there is absolutely no reason to install arpd. ifconfig, route and netstat (and others) basically were deprecated in the Linux world before the millenium (starting with 2.1.136 I believe). It just took a lot of distro maintainers a long time to finally adapt their bootscripts to the iproute2 framework; one reason was lack of thorough documentation. The question is more, if arpd really needed, and if so, has anyone really tested it with recent 2.6.x kernels? I'm inclined to say that it won't work anymore due to netlink interface and other changes in the neighbouring code. Best regards, Roberto Nibali, ratz -- ------------------------------------------------------------- addr://Kasinostrasse 30, CH-5001 Aarau tel://++41 62 823 9355 http://www.terreactive.com fax://++41 62 823 9356 ------------------------------------------------------------- terreActive AG Wir sichern Ihren Erfolg ------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
