Index: doc/keepalived.conf.SYNOPSIS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sourceforge/cvs/abrazo/base/os/packages/keepalived/doc/keepalived.conf.SYNOPSIS,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.2 keepalived.conf.SYNOPSIS
--- doc/keepalived.conf.SYNOPSIS	27 Nov 2006 15:27:50 -0000	1.1.1.2
+++ doc/keepalived.conf.SYNOPSIS	27 Nov 2006 16:50:00 -0000
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
         auth_pass <STRING>		# Password string
     }
     virtual_ipaddress {			# VRRP IP addres block
-        <IP ADDRESS>/<MASK> brd <IP ADDRESS> dev <STRING> scope <SCOPE>
-        <IP ADDRESS>/<MASK> brd <IP ADDRESS> dev <STRING> scope <SCOPE>
+        <IP ADDRESS>/<MASK> brd <IP ADDRESS> dev <STRING> scope <SCOPE> label <LABEL>
+        <IP ADDRESS>/<MASK> brd <IP ADDRESS> dev <STRING> scope <SCOPE> label <LABEL>
         ...
     }
     virtual_ipaddress_excluded {       	# VRRP IP excluded from VRRP
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@
 	* nowhere
 	* global
 
+LABEL is optional and creates a name for the alias. For compatibility with
+"ifconfig", it should be of the form <realdev>:<anytext>, for example
+eth0:1 for an alias on eth0.
+
 When a weight is specified in track_interface, instead of setting the vrrp
 instance to the FAULT state in case of failure, its priority will be
 increased by the weight when the interface is up (for positive weights),
Index: doc/man/man5/keepalived.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /sourceforge/cvs/abrazo/base/os/packages/keepalived/doc/man/man5/keepalived.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 keepalived.conf.5
--- doc/man/man5/keepalived.conf.5	1 Aug 2006 15:49:31 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ doc/man/man5/keepalived.conf.5	27 Nov 2006 16:50:00 -0000
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@
     #With the same entries on other machines,

     #the opposite transition will be occuring.

     virtual_ipaddress {

-        <IPADDR>/<MASK> brd <IPADDR> dev <STRING> scope <SCOPE>

+        <IPADDR>/<MASK> brd <IPADDR> dev <STRING> scope <SCOPE> label <LABEL>

         192.168.200.17/24 dev eth1

-        192.168.200.18/24 dev eth2

+        192.168.200.18/24 dev eth2 label eth2:1

     }

 

     #VRRP IP excluded from VRRP

Index: doc/samples/keepalived.conf.vrrp
===================================================================
RCS file: /sourceforge/cvs/abrazo/base/os/packages/keepalived/doc/samples/keepalived.conf.vrrp,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 keepalived.conf.vrrp
--- doc/samples/keepalived.conf.vrrp	1 Aug 2006 15:49:31 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ doc/samples/keepalived.conf.vrrp	27 Nov 2006 16:50:00 -0000
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
     virtual_ipaddress {
         192.168.200.16
         192.168.200.17
-        192.168.200.18
+
+        # optional label. should be of the form "realdev:sometext" for
+        # compatibility with ifconfig.
+        192.168.200.18 label eth0:1
     }
 }
 
Index: keepalived/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
===================================================================
RCS file: /sourceforge/cvs/abrazo/base/os/packages/keepalived/keepalived/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 keepalived.conf
--- keepalived/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf	1 Aug 2006 15:49:31 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ keepalived/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf	27 Nov 2006 16:50:00 -0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     virtual_ipaddress {
         192.168.200.16
         192.168.200.17
-        192.168.200.18
+        192.168.200.18 label eth0:3
     }
 }
 
Index: keepalived/include/vrrp_ipaddress.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /sourceforge/cvs/abrazo/base/os/packages/keepalived/keepalived/include/vrrp_ipaddress.h,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.2 vrrp_ipaddress.h
--- keepalived/include/vrrp_ipaddress.h	27 Nov 2006 15:27:50 -0000	1.1.1.2
+++ keepalived/include/vrrp_ipaddress.h	27 Nov 2006 16:50:00 -0000
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 	interface *ifp;		/* Interface owning IP address */
 	int scope;		/* the ip address scope */
 	int set;		/* TRUE if addr is set */
+	char *label;		/* Alias name, e.g. eth0:1 */
 } ip_address;
 
 #define IPADDRESS_DEL 0
Index: keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_ipaddress.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /sourceforge/cvs/abrazo/base/os/packages/keepalived/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_ipaddress.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.2 vrrp_ipaddress.c
--- keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_ipaddress.c	27 Nov 2006 15:27:50 -0000	1.1.1.2
+++ keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_ipaddress.c	27 Nov 2006 16:50:00 -0000
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 	if (ipaddr->broadcast)
 		addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof (req), IFA_BROADCAST,
 			  &ipaddr->broadcast, sizeof (ipaddr->broadcast));
+	if (ipaddr->label)
+		addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof (req), IFA_LABEL,
+                          ipaddr->label, strlen(ipaddr->label) + 1);
 
 	if (netlink_talk(&nl_cmd, &req.n) < 0)
 		status = -1;
@@ -90,18 +93,23 @@
 void
 free_ipaddress(void *if_data_obj)
 {
-	FREE(if_data_obj);
+	ip_address *ip_addr = if_data_obj;
+
+	FREE_PTR(ip_addr->label);
+	FREE(ip_addr);
 }
 void
 dump_ipaddress(void *if_data_obj)
 {
 	ip_address *ip_addr = if_data_obj;
-	syslog(LOG_INFO, "     %s/%d brd %s dev %s scope %s"
+	syslog(LOG_INFO, "     %s/%d brd %s dev %s scope %s%s%s"
 	       , inet_ntop2(ip_addr->addr)
 	       , ip_addr->mask
 	       , inet_ntop2(ip_addr->broadcast)
 	       , IF_NAME(if_get_by_ifindex(ip_addr->ifindex))
-	       , netlink_scope_n2a(ip_addr->scope));
+	       , netlink_scope_n2a(ip_addr->scope)
+               , ip_addr->label ? " label " : ""
+               , ip_addr->label ? ip_addr->label : "");
 }
 void
 alloc_ipaddress(list ip_list, vector strvec, interface *ifp)
@@ -139,6 +147,10 @@
 			new->scope = netlink_scope_a2n(VECTOR_SLOT(strvec, ++i));
 		} else if (!strcmp(str, "broadcast") || !strcmp(str, "brd")) {
 			inet_ston(VECTOR_SLOT(strvec, ++i), &new->broadcast);
+		} else if (!strcmp(str, "label")) {
+			new->label = ALLOC(IFNAMSIZ);
+			strncpy(new->label, VECTOR_SLOT(strvec, ++i), IFNAMSIZ);
+			new->label[IFNAMSIZ-1] = '\0';
 		} else {
 			if (inet_ston(VECTOR_SLOT(strvec, i), &ipaddr)) {
 				inet_ston(VECTOR_SLOT(strvec, i), &new->addr);