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Re: setting ip address from within driver

from [Andi Kleen] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb+netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: setting ip address from within driver
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:10:46 +0200
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0108301113080.96396-100000@noc.zabbadoz.net>; from Bjoern A. Zeeb on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 12:00:49PM +0200
References: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0108301113080.96396-100000@noc.zabbadoz.net>
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> It is no problem to check all that but is it also possible to set ip
> address from within driver without problems ?
> 
> Would setting ifa_list->* be some kind of right approach ?

The right approach would be a user mode daemon that sets it
(kernel should supply mechanism, not policy)

-Andi
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