Re: 2.1.7? ip aliasing ifconfig down broken

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 22:41:14 +0000 (GMT)

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> ifconfig eth0:3 down
>
> causes EVERY alias device associated with eth0, including eth0 itself (?!!),
> to be configured down. This behavior is unique to recent 2.1.7? kernels.

Its an ifconfig bug actually. It doesnt rewrite its command string and
because what it gets back as undefined from the kernel is now the
master device not unchanged it downs the master

Alan

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