Subject: Re: gif(4) IFF_UP behavior change
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/29/2001 10:49:25
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
: with the older code, gif(4) interface goes to IFF_UP state with
: physical (outer) address configuration, like:
: # gif0 goes to IFF_UP mistakenly after this
: ifconfig gif0 tunnel A B
: the behavior is now corrected. if you have gif(4) configuration in
: your system, and relied upon the behavior, you will need to add a
: line to bring the interface up.
: ifconfig gif0 tunnel A B
: ifconfig gif0 up
Another thing should probably be corrected ... Most other interfaces *do*
set IFF_UP automatically when the native addresses (not tunnel addresses)
are set. I didn't see this happen with gif0, and it might be proper to
change this to be uniform.
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