Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 7 Jan 2001 22:13:06 -0800 (PST) | From | Blu3Viper <> |
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Andi Kleen wrote: > > If this is really true, 2.5.x is an appropriate time to make > > this, no sooner. > > I think it would be better to keep it. The ifa based alias interface > emulation adds minor overhead (currently it's only a few lines of code, > assuming we need named if addresses for other reasons too, which we do) > and removing it it would break a lot of configuration scripts etc., for > no really good gain.
How about turning it out with a legacy/deprecated CONFIG_ option so we can prepare people. For now it can default to enabled.
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