Re: What were the reasons of having mandatory IP address at AX.25 interfaces ?
From: Andi Kleen <hidden>
Date: 2008-02-04 14:38:37
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Matti Aarnio [off-list ref] writes:
.. the original reason was apparently that _ifconfig_ blew up when it saw protocols that it didn't understand on network interfaces. Possibly when there was no IP protocol on an interface.
It's not only ifconfig, a lot of programs use SIOCGIFCONF to query ip addresses. -Andi