On Monday 05 January 2009 16:07:06 PGNet wrote:
I keep bumping into "that's been deprecated for quite awhile" comments ... clearly, I'm not reading the "right stuff" :-/ Where, e.g., is that fact documented?
IIRC, I initially grepped in /etc to find out where it was being set, and then started reading up on udev. The change actually occurred with the Linux 2.6 release. Release notes should point these things out, but the Linux world moves quickly and it's hard to keep track, especially for the more low-level things.
p.s. I also note your use in the Bridge config of, e.g.,
IPADDR='192.168.1.0/24'
rather than, e.g.,
IPADDR='192.168.1.0' NETWORK='192.160.1.0' PREFIX='24'
which I've seen elsewhere. Is the difference just style, or actual substance?
Most people who aren't hard-core networking types use separate IP/netmask/network addresses since that's how it's normally expressed in traditional networking configuration interfaces. Unfortunately, it's somewhat error-prone (was that 255.255.255.248 or 255.255.255.252?) and takes too long to say aloud or type out on command line interfaces in routers or Linux shells. The IP/prefix notation is CIDR format, which you will often find used in routers with command-line interfaces and within the Linux iproute2 interface (ip, tc, etc). In SUSE, even if you specify a separate IP/Netmask, it will be converted to this format during device configuration, so ifup actually calls, eg: ip addr add 10.1.1.1/24 dev eth0 Hope that clears it up :-) -- James Oakley jfunk@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org