Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.2.0-pre1 & proxy arp | From | Jim Pick <> | Date | 02 Jan 1999 00:05:52 -0800 |
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Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> writes:
> In article <19981231135534W.oe1kib@saturn>, > kudielka@ieee.org (Klaus Kudielka) writes: > > Hello, > > making proxy arp entries for entire subnets doesn't work with 2.2.0-pre1. > > I use that feature regularly with 2.0. > > The net-tools-1.49 arp doesn't display any error message, but the entry > > is not created. > > > A quick look at arp_req_set() in net/ipv4/arp.c: > > > --- > > if (r->arp_flags&ATF_PUBL) { > > u32 mask = ((struct sockaddr_in *) &r->arp_netmask)->sin_addr.s_addr; > > if (mask && mask != 0xFFFFFFFF) > > return -EINVAL; > > --- > > > Ok, it seems that support has been dropped. > > > Question: WHY ??? > > The feature was dropped during the ARP code rewrite because it was considered > obscure enough to not warrant the special case code it needs. Back > then nobody complained so it was dropped. > > Maybe the users should participate more in the development cycle...Now it is > too late. If someone wants it seriously he should contribute a patch.
Ouch. I was using that feature too. I can probably do without it though.
Cheers,
- Jim
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