Re: arp called for own IP address and 2.0.30

Eric.Schenk@dna.lth.se
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:08:05 +0200

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
>> The overall effect seems wrong, but I am not sure how to
>> fix it. Can the author of the comment above explain how it
>> is supposed to work?
>
>The address of 0 is used for bootp address acquisition. It should already
>have changed in 2.1.x

Yes, I beleive Alexy has completely rewritten this whole section.
Mind you, this still doesn't answer how it should be fixed in 2.0.x.
(If it should be fixed, as opposed to documented as a problem with
a known workaround.)

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