Thomas Graf wrote: > * Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2006-07-03 11:38 > >>That wasn't entirely true either, its not inet_check_attr but >>rtnetlink_rcv_message that aborts, and it does this on all >>kernels. Somehow I thought unknown attributes were usually >>ignored .. > > > This only applies to the first level of rtnetlink attributes, > when using rtattr_parse() unknown attributes are ignored. > > Once this ugly rta_buf has disappeared it will become more > consistent. > > Patches look good to me except that new iproute binaries > won't work with older kernels anymore?
They will as long as this feature isn't used, the RTA_TABLE attribute is only added to the message when the table id is > 255. Worked fine during my tests, or are you refering to something else? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
