netdev - Re: [PATCH rfc net] Allow the autoconfigured network interface to be renamed.

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	scott@...ttnz.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, scott.parlane@...iedtelesis.co.nz
Subject: Re: [PATCH rfc net] Allow the autoconfigured network interface to
 be renamed.

From: Scott Parlane <scott@...ttnz.com>
Date: Sat,  9 Jun 2012 19:48:07 +1200

> From: Scott Parlane <scott.parlane@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
> 
> if IP_PNP_RENAME_DEV is set, the first interface to be configured
> automatically by the kernel during boot will be renamed.
> 
> IP_PNP_DEV_NEWNAME is the name to give the autoconfigured device.
> 
> No changes will be made to any interface that is not autoconfigured.
> 
> This allows the assurance of the boot device name, without the need
> for an initramfs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Parlane <scott.parlane@...iedtelesis.co.nz>

Making this a compile time option makes absolutely no sense at all.

Assuming this feature is desirable at all (which is a big IF), it
should be a kernel command line option.
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