[BusyBox] ifconfig and pointopoint

Erik Andersen andersen at codepoet.org
Fri Nov 14 03:07:45 UTC 2003


On Wed Nov 05, 2003 at 11:54:58AM -0500, Michael Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed a problem with ifconfig in busybox 0.60.5. The matching code
> seems to exist in busybox CVS as well, so I'll paste in the patch that
> fixed it.
> 
> I was running:
>  # ifconfig wan0 1.2.3.4 pointopoint 1.2.3.5 netmask 255.255.255.255
> 
> I was seeing the inet addr and P-t-P addr both being set to 1.2.3.5
> (the pointopoint address).
> 
> wan0      Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
>           inet addr:1.2.3.5  P-t-P:1.2.3.5  Mask:255.255.255.255
>           UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           ...
> 
> The patch below seems to fix it.

applied thanks

 -Erik

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