On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 05:00:59PM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: > >>> Lars Ellenberg <[email protected]> schrieb am 23.05.2011 um 15:37 > >>> in > Nachricht <[email protected]>: > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 01:13:48PM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > > > On 2011-05-12T11:28:49, Ulrich Windl <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > So I guess it simply does not work (or more likely: it never was > > implemented). > > > > > > That is not correct, by the way. > > > > Oh yes, it is correct. > > > > IPaddr somehow received that parameter in its meta data, > > but does not use it. At least not in my checkout. > > > > That may have been just before it was split into IPaddr and IPaddr2. > > > > IPaddr2 however does implement it: > > > > > "iflabel" is implemented and passed to > > > the "ip" command via the "label" commandline option (if set). > > > > That is IPaddr2. > > IPaddr does not know about the "ip" command. > > > > So conclusion may be: use IPaddr2 ;-) > > Hi! > > My book of "incredible cluster wisdom" ;-) (I don't want to make > advertisement; it's only German anyway (ISBN 978-3-8362-1339-4)) says > IPaddr is using ifconfig to add a new virtual interface on an existing > one (visible through ifconfig), while IPaddr2 is using ip internally > (not visible through ifconfig).
Well, yes, at least by default. Though, if you give IPaddr2 the iflabel parameter, it will pass that through to the ip command, which will add the label, which makes them "visible" to ifconfig. -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria. _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
