On Friday 2010-08-20 00:04, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >>>>> >>>> Linux xx.xx.xx.xx 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5xen #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 19:41:05 EDT >>>> 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>> >>> As I expected. A change occured in 2.6.21, recent kernels automatically >>> link interfaces to the IP stack. >>> >> So in my case, am I at a disadvantage > >On the contrary, the old behaviour is an advantage if you don't want an >interface to participate in IP operation. Well not really, there is always iptables and ebtables. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html