From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www.linux.org.uk (parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.252]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB49C482B for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:42:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from willy by www.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.14) id 19dr2W-0003kF-A7; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:42:16 +0100 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:42:16 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCdiger?= Scholz Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] [PATCH] Prevent loopback traffic to be shown on the network leds Message-ID: <20030719124216.GC1485@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <3F192C1D.2050701@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <3F192C1D.2050701@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 01:31:41PM +0200, Rüdiger Scholz wrote: > Hi, > > looking at the Download page from the ESIEE-Team I found the following > patch from Thibaut. It filters the traffic from/to the loopback device, > so network led isn't blinking when accessing the loopback device. > Should'nt it go into CVS? Seems like a reasonable patch to me. I'll ask Thibaut about it when he gets here. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk