Subject: Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices

From: Stephan von Krawczynski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:46:26 +0200

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:19:28 -0700
"David S. Miller" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:23:10 +0200
> Stephan von Krawczynski <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > > Both 2.0 and 2.2 answer on all interfaces for ARP requests
> > > by default just like 2.4 does.
> > 
> > Try it. Proven wrong. See above.
> 
> Ok then.
> 
> It still doesn't change the essence of this conversation.  Changing
> things would break a lot of people's setups.

Please explain _one_. I mean you must have something special in your mind, or
not?

> See the other posting from someone about IPMP (IP multipathing).

Perhaps it would have been a good idea to explain some details about what he
thinks would break if default behaviour was changed. At least for me it is
non-obvious. He could have stated "42", too...

Regards,
Stephan