From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 07:18:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 07:18:36 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:28034 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 07:18:19 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 04:01:04 -0800 Message-Id: <200101071201.EAA01790@pizda.ninka.net> From: "David S. Miller" To: cw@f00f.org CC: david@linux.com, greearb@candelatech.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <20010108011308.A2575@metastasis.f00f.org> (message from Chris Wedgwood on Mon, 8 Jan 2001 01:13:08 +1300) Subject: Re: [PATCH] hashed device lookup (Does NOT meet Linus' sumission policy!) In-Reply-To: <20010107162905.B1804@metastasis.f00f.org> <20010108011308.A2575@metastasis.f00f.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 01:13:08 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood OK, I'm a liar -- bind does handle this. Cool. Standard BSD allows it, what do you expect :-) This is good news, because it means there is a precedent for multiple addresses on a single interface so we can kill the : syntax in favor of the above which is cleaner of more accurately represents what is happening. If this is really true, 2.5.x is an appropriate time to make this, no sooner. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/