> On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 06:15:07AM +0200, Michael L. Galbraith wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Mircea Damian wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > It seems that 2.1.111 breaks something in ifconfig because it doesn't show
> > > the alias interfaces when it is invoked just as ifconfig.
> > >
> > > An ifconfig eth0:0, for example, is working ok.
> > >
> > > I'm using net-tools-1.45 and the kernel is not SMP. This is reproductibile
> > > on two different machines with the same kernel but totaly different
> > > hardware configuration.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug or I'm missing something?
> > >
> >
> > Hmm.. I should get around to upgrading :)
> >
> > [root]:# ifconfig --version
> > net-tools 980213
> > ifconfig 1.32 (1998-02-09)
> >
> > ..shows all interfaces correctly in 2.1.111 though, so I'd guess it's
> > not a kernel problem but rather the tools.
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> I think that your net-tools are older then main. Just take a look at this:
>
> root@ecoland:~# ifconfig -V
> net-tools 1.45
> ifconfig 1.33 (1998-03-02)
>
> In fact I'm using the tools that are recommended by Changes file.
Script started on Tue Jul 28 19:42:40 1998
[root]:# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:3806 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3806 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:6C:43:23:68
inet addr:199.56.131.149 Bcast:199.56.131.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x340
eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:6C:43:23:68
inet addr:193.203.186.200 Bcast:193.203.186.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x340
ippp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:193.203.186.200 P-t-P:193.203.186.2 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1025 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1010 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0
[root]:# exit
exit
Script done on Tue Jul 28 19:42:50 1998
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html