From: Mark McLoughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:57:03 +0000
> When re-naming an interface, the previous secondary address > labels get lost e.g. > > $> brctl addbr foo > $> ip addr add 192.168.0.1 dev foo > $> ip addr add 192.168.0.2 dev foo label foo:00 > $> ip addr show dev foo | grep inet > inet 192.168.0.1/32 scope global foo > inet 192.168.0.2/32 scope global foo:00 > $> ip link set foo name bar > $> ip addr show dev bar | grep inet > inet 192.168.0.1/32 scope global bar > inet 192.168.0.2/32 scope global bar:2 > > Turns out to be a simple thinko in inetdev_changename() - clearly we > want to look at the address label, rather than the device name, for > a suffix to retain. > > Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This bug has been there since the function in question was written :-) Patch applied, thanks Mark. -- 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
