On 2006-08-16T12:27:28, David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As bad as that? I thought it was just a linear search, using a while loop
> with an incrementing variable (limited to 512) to find the next free
> (unallocated, etc.) "le0:<n>": function "find_free_interface()".
I think that is what it does, too. As long as noone else messes with the
network interfaces while IPaddr itself is running, it works.
> > I'm not opposed to merging them. I'm just trying to make sure it's done
> > "right" (whatever we decide that means).
> Certainly! So all this background is vital. Thanks.
Right.
And I think that if we expect them to do the right thing in the native
environments, the native path on linux >=2.4 should not be to use
ifconfig as such.
Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée
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