Re: why does promote_secondaries default to off?
also sprach Daniel Lezcano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.01.11.1833 +0100]: > This tweak is "recent" (2.6.16 as far as I remember), so I suppose > the reason is to not puzzled people with a changed default > behavior. Your instant and helpful responses are most appreciated! -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ a common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -- douglas adams, "mostly harmless" spamtraps: [EMAIL PROTECTED] digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: why does promote_secondaries default to off?
martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Daniel Lezcano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.01.11.1813 +0100]: There is a tweak in /proc/sys which activate secondaries promotion when a primary is deleted. /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/promote_secondaries I think it changes the behavior to the one you wish. Totally. That would have been the last place I had looked. Thank you! Do you have any idea why this isn't on by default? This tweak is "recent" (2.6.16 as far as I remember), so I suppose the reason is to not puzzled people with a changed default behavior. -- 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
why does promote_secondaries default to off? (was: iproute2: removing primary address removes secondaries)
also sprach Daniel Lezcano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.01.11.1813 +0100]: > There is a tweak in /proc/sys which activate secondaries promotion when a > primary is deleted. > > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/promote_secondaries > > I think it changes the behavior to the one you wish. Totally. That would have been the last place I had looked. Thank you! Do you have any idea why this isn't on by default? -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "i never go without my dinner. no one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that." -- oscar wilde spamtraps: [EMAIL PROTECTED] digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
