Re: missing ip_alias in 2.1.76

Chris Wedgwood (chris@f00f.org)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 10:15:27 +1300

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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 11:17:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
To: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@tele.fi>
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Subject: Re: missing ip_alias in 2.1.76
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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?

-Dan

The new aliasing code works differently. Its no, longer possible for this to
be built as a module.

Choosing Y only uses a tiny wee extra bit of memory anyhow. Grep
net/ipv4/*.c for CONFIG_ALIAS for more details.

I'm told the fix to the config. will be merged soon.

-Chris

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