From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:43:24 +1000
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 03:16:02PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > > > Perhaps RTN_BROADCAST should take precedence over IFF_NOARP > > (but not IFF_LOOPBACK)? I'm talking about the code in > > net/ipv4/arp.c that causes this behavior. > > Sure, I don't see any harm in that. > > However, I'm curious as to the purpose of all this. What application > is there for sending broadcasts through a dummy device with the > Ethernet broadcast address? Good point. dummy is just a black hole to point routes to while your real connection is down. Running tcpdump on it and having any kind of expectations about broadcast addresses and whatnot is pointless. - 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
