Re: Bug? ARP with wrong src IP address

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:11:42 +0200
"Carlos Velasco" <carlosev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tested these platforms:
> 
> Solaris 8 -> sends src IP address of INTERFACE
> Cisco -> sends src IP address of INTERFACE
> Windows 2000, XP -> sends src IP address of INTERFACE
> Linux 2.6.0-pre1, 2.4.20, 2.4.21 -> sends src IP address of LOOPBACK
> 
> Question: _What would be the implications of applying my patch or similar to 
> do linux behave like other OS?

You'll break things for people who depend upon the
way Linux currently behaves.