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On Monday 11 May 2009 14:38:36 James wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > > I've found that when I run ip link show on my box it gives me: |
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> > |
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> >snip> |
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> > Seems like you have a truck load of kernel modules loaded that you don't |
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> > use. Stop those modules from loading, or just don't load them until you |
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> > really do need them. |
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> If I install iproute2, on gentoo, does it replace ifconfig, or are both |
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> still usable to configure interfaces? |
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The latter. Two tools that both do the same job. iproute combines ifconfig and |
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route functionality into one tool; other than that having both is about as |
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significant as having two browsers |
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Gentoo scripts such as net.eth0 can be configured to use either, choice is |
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yours. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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