On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:04:55AM -0700, Greg Rose wrote: > On Tue, 2017-05-30 at 09:31 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > It's becoming more common that OSes include "ip" but not "ifconfig", so > > it's best to avoid using the latter. This commit removes most references > > to "ifconfig" and replaces them by "ip". It also adds a build-time check > > to make it harder to introduce new uses of "ifconfig". > > > > There are important differences between "ifconfig" and "ip": > > > > - An "ifconfig" command that sets an IP address also brings the interface > > up, but a similar "ip addr add" command does not, so it is often necessary > > (or at least precautionary) to add an "ip link set <dev> up" command. > > > > - "ifconfig" can infer a netmask from an IP adddress, but "ip" always > > assumes /32 if none is given. > > > > - "ifconfig" with address 0.0.0.0 removes any configured IP address, but > > "ip addr add" does not, so "ifconfig <dev> 0.0.0.0" must be replaced by > > "ip addr del" or "ip addr flush". > > > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@ovn.org> > > A couple of typos below that you can fix on push but otherwise looks > good. > > Thanks!
Are you decently set up to test this (the python bits)? I don't have a good setup at the moment. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev