On 06/05/16 15:43, Phil Sutter wrote: > On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 03:28:25PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote: >> Since we can only configure unicast, we probably want to be able to >> display unicast, rather than multicast. > Furthermore, the kernel even rejects multicast peer addresses. Yes, but a future kernel might not, and iproute2 is meant to be forward- compatible.
> Why do you then propose a dubious fix to a dubious check instead of > getting rid of it in the first place? Because John Linville clearly had some reason for putting a check there, and he probably knows better than me. Chesterton's fence. -Ed
