I have a question about applying VLANs to downed interfaces. I know that the kernel will not let you do it, and was wondering why? I have created a patch that removes this limitation and applied it to my system and everything works as I would expect it to. Was this a fix to a bug I am not currently seeing? I am using the 2.6.17 kernel and the attached patch is based on it. The only file changed was the net/8021q/vlan.c file. The "register_vlan_device" no longer makes a test to determine if the real (parent) interface is up. John T. Kamenik (Software Eng.) jkamenik@xxxxxxxxxx (301) 975 - 1000 (ext. 168) Patton Electronics Co. 7622 Rickenbacker Dr. Gaithersburg, Md 20879 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: vlan.patch Type: application/octet-stream Size: 520 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ns2.lanforge.com/pipermail/vlan/attachments/20060830/19e4ec05/vlan.obj -------------- next part --------------
