What to use with 2.6.x instead of iproute2?

What to use with 2.6.x instead of iproute2?

[Michal Kochanowicz]

Hi!

It seems that iproute2 is not maintained any more and it doesn't build
with kernel 2.6.0-test5.

What tool one should use to set the interfaces, bridges and such up on
2.6.x kernels?

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Re: What to use with 2.6.x instead of iproute2?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Michal Kochanowicz wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> It seems that iproute2 is not maintained any more and it doesn't build
> with kernel 2.6.0-test5.
> 
> What tool one should use to set the interfaces, bridges and such up on
> 2.6.x kernels?
> 
> Regards

Using the patches from RedHat's iproute2 SRPM I can build iproute2 
against 2.6.0-test5 headers with no problems, and it works. With TC 
support, even.

Re: What to use with 2.6.x instead of iproute2?

[Chris Friesen]

Michal Kochanowicz wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> It seems that iproute2 is not maintained any more and it doesn't build
> with kernel 2.6.0-test5.

Is Alexey still the iproute2 maintainer?  Has anyone sent him a patch 
for 2.6?

Chris




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Re: What to use with 2.6.x instead of iproute2?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Chris Friesen wrote:

> Is Alexey still the iproute2 maintainer?  Has anyone sent him a patch 
> for 2.6?
> 

There are no patches to iproute2 required to get it to compile against 
2.6 headers; the only patch required was to linux/netdevice.h, which 
has been included in 2.6.0-test6.

However, it would be wonderful if someone knowledgeable could take 
over maintainership of iproute2 if Alexey can no longer do it. It's in 
a sorry state at the moment, and most distros ship significantly 
patched versions.