Andrew Benton wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: >> Has anybody dug in to see why this works? It does not seem correct as >> is. A physical link must exist to add an address to it, even on virtual >> devices, correct? > > > Are you sure? http://www.policyrouting.org/iproute2.doc.html#ss9.12 > seems to say that you configure the interface before you use ip link to > set it up
Nope I'm not sure, and I now stand corrected. Thanks for that, however, it now draws my attention to possible issues elsewhere. -- DJ Lucas -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
