Re: [PATCH] net: tunnels - enable module autoloading

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 13 May 2014 10:48:28 +0200
Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Enable the module alias hookup to allow tunnel modules to be autoloaded on demand.
> 
> This is in line with how most other netdev kinds work, and will allow userspace
> to create tunnels without having CAP_SYS_MODULE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Susant Sahani <susant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/ipip.c       | 1 +
>  net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 1 +
>  net/ipv6/sit.c        | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

But tunnel modules are autoloaded now.
If I create a tunnel with ip tunnel based on the existing MODULE_ALIAS_NETDEV().

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