Martin, Thanks for the patch -- it looks good and I expect to merge it. I see that you hardwire the choice for iproute2 vs. vanilla ip route + ifconfig at build time. Do you think that makes sense, or would it be better to have an --iproute2 run time flag?
James Martin Hejl <mar...@hejl.de> said: > Hi everybody, > > I am part of the LEAF project - a small distro for embedded environments > - at http://leaf.sourceforge.net (I'm actually only part of the "Bering > uClibc" branch, to be precise). > > Since LEAF does not provide ifconfig and route by default (just > iproute2) I created a patch that allows using OpenVPN on LEAF boxes > without the need for ifconfig and route. > > I would be very happy to see this integrated into OpenVPN at some point > (there's no hurry - we have a mostly automated build environment, so > applying the patch is no big deal). > > I've tested the patch using a LEAF box plus a regular Fedora box (both > tun and tap devices) and everything seems to be working nicely. > > If the patch doesn't make it onto the list (the LEAF lists trim all > attachments), it can also be found at: > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/leaf/src/bering-uclibc/apps/openvpn/iproute.patch > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Martin > --
