No more dummy1 interface?

[Ted Kaczmarek]

On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 06:22 -0500, Ted Kaczmarek wrote:
> I just noticed that I can't bring up a dummy1 interface.
> Confirmed this with 2.6.9-1.667, 2.6.8-1.541smp and 2.6.8-1.521smp.
> 
> Dummy0 works fine.
> 
> Unfortunately net-modules.txt doesn't have any info.
> 
> If anything I was hoping to be able to add more than two dummy
> interfaces.
> 
> I suspect that this is a 2.6 change as I can't find any 2.6 box that
> will let me bring up a dummy1.
> 
> Anyone have any details on this it would be appreciated, will be
> scouring the kernel archives. 
> 
> Regards,
> Ted
modprobe dummy numdummies=4

Whew :-)

Will have to patch the docs,marc.theaimsgroup.com is a life saver.

Ted