>Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 22:59:43 +0200 (CEST)
>From: Thomas Speck <Thomas.Speck@univ-rennes1.fr>
>To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
>Subject: No cleanup of ppp0 device in 2.2.11
>
>
>Hi !
>I noticed, that after shutting down a ppp-connection ppp0 device is still
>accessible and one can manipulate it. This causes problems with access of
>the same ttyS* device later on. Here is a detailed description of the
>problem:
>
>Well, before any ppp connection:
>ThS_home:[~]# ifconfig ppp0
>ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
>
>OK, now I establsh ppp connection.
>
>ThS_home:[~]# ifconfig ppp0
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:129.20.129.72 P-t-P:129.20.129.70
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:542 Metric:1
> RX packets:6198 errors:55 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:55
> TX packets:3674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
>So, after shutting down ppp-connection now ...
>
>ThS_home:[~]# ifconfig ppp0
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:129.20.129.72 P-t-P:129.20.129.70
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> POINTOPOINT NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:7417 errors:62 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:62
> TX packets:4342 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
>So, device isn't cleaned up. In addition one can now still ping to this
>address and one can change it with ifconfig.
[snip]
I retried this with 2.2.12 in the mean time. The problem of the ttyS* I
was talking about didn't happen under 2.2.12, so I don't report it here
any more.
-- Thomas
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