Re: missing ip_alias in 2.1.76

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
30 Dec 1997 20:51:35 +0100


Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> writes:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > > ip_alias is not in 2.1.76.
> > It is, you just have to configure it on with "Y", not with "M"..
> > It is not modular anymore.
>
> Why?

Because the old module took only 260bytes and with a module you would
waste a complete page (4k) on it. The new alias code is so integrated
that it would take even less.

-Andi