Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-42,: Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294)

# Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294)

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:54:04 +1300

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On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 10:25:44AM +0200, Erik Corry wrote:

> Loading an ipv4 module doesn't cost you 7 cents per time, so
> users would be unlikely to notice if it happened often. Demand
> dialling does, many places.

But - loading the ipv4 module only occurs when someone creates
AF_INET sockets, and its possible to configure a machine so that this
doesn't occur all that often.

If the module doesn't load/unload often - then presumably, the system
won't demand dial often either.

> It's not much, and if you don't like it, you don't switch
> it on. Many people like it a lot.

Like it or not - its still a hack.

> There are two parts. The dynaddr part must remain, and the
> RST-provoking part should go in, unless a better solution is
> forthcoming.

Probably you are indeed correct... some kind of solution is needed to
2.2.x even if its not technically the best way to do it.

-cw

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