Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
IPv6 requires that every device have at least two addresses: a link-
local
address (fe80::) and a global address (e.g. 2001::). There is even an
additional domain beyond that for organizational internal routing,
and
machines adhering to the anonymous IPv6 address spec will typically
have
two global addresses at a time during an address transition.
Aliasing is also fantastically useful for IPv4 when hosts move or you
want
an internal/external addressing scheme like IPv6 uses. Maybe only a
few
people will use it, but it's good to have.
Okay, so I'm proposing the following:
- if you create an interface /dev/net/ipro1000/0 it will be the first
interface for this device
- when you want another interface (with a different address), you would
need to create another interface called /dev/net/ipro1000/0:n where n
is a number greater than 0 (since that will refer to the first
interface).
- you can also refer to /dev/net/ipro1000/0 via /dev/net/ipro1000/0:0
IMO, that would make it simple and straight-forward to use.
Is everyone okay with this?
