On Thu, 2005-10-11 at 23:10 +0000, Paul Jakma wrote: > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Thomas Graf wrote: > > > This is not only about dial on demand but about "on demand" > > interfaces. We need to have a route to the device so the > > driver/manager/whatever can see the demand. If we disable routes on > > !IFF_RUNNING we don't have this route and we never see the demand. > > That's where the solution of deleting all routes upon carrier loss > > fails. > > Why would an on-demand dialup device go ~IFF_RUNNING? The whole point > of such a device is to /hide/ whether the physical layer is up or > not. >
it shouldnt. The dial on demand is typically on a state waiting for a packet to kick it into action. cheers, jamal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
