From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.0 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020509 Description of problem: I use ip tunnels frequently, I call the devices (appropriately) tunl0, tunl1, tunl2 and so on. Hotplug goes berzerk trying to do something with them, and it can cause problems. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Set up an ipip tunnel... modprobe ipip ip tunnel add tunl1 mode ipip local $LOCAL remote $REMOTE ip address add dev tunl1 $IPADDR peer $PEERIP ip link set dev tunl1 up 2. The above is essentially what I have in a script I have made... /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifup-tunl (Copy of this script is attached). 3. bad things can happen when I use this script... Actual Results: hotplug goes nuts unless "tunl" is added to /etc/hotplug/blacklist when I attempt to bring up a tunnel device called "tunl" Expected Results: hotplug should not attempt to manage tunl, gre or any other virtual network devices (such as dummy). Additional info: Please see attachment for my ifup-tunl script (ok, it is messy, noisy and overly complex and aggressively turns of firewall mods and so on. Please see notes at the top of the script for further notes. It works for me, it should work by default like any other network device configured to be used with /sbin/ifup and family. I have been using essentially the same script since rh62, and hotplug has been the only real problem.
Created attachment 68707 [details] custom init script that manages tunl devices on a dynamic IP
Done, in hotplug-2002_04_01-9