* Network device aliases
@ 2001-08-10 3:27 Ian Stirling
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From: Ian Stirling @ 2001-08-10 3:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I think I've more or less worked out how network devices are initiated,
and configured, with the help of the htmlised sources, but am not
finding anything on how aliases (eth0:1 ...) work.
Do they have an entire device structure that only differs in name and
IP address?
Any pointers would be most welcome.
Many thanks.
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* Re: Network device aliases
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@ 2001-08-10 20:05 ` Andi Kleen
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2001-08-10 20:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ian Stirling; +Cc: linux-kernel
Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> writes:
> I think I've more or less worked out how network devices are initiated,
> and configured, with the help of the htmlised sources, but am not
> finding anything on how aliases (eth0:1 ...) work.
> Do they have an entire device structure that only differs in name and
> IP address?
In 2.0 they had. In 2.2+ they are just another entry on a per interface
address list. The notion of alias interfaces is just emulated for
compatibility, they really do not exist anymore.
-Andi
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