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Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 11:37:38 +0100 From: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com> To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> CC: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>, Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>, Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>, "Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>, johnathan@...masters.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: network interface *name* alias support? David Woodhouse wrote: > On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 10:15 +0100, James Chapman wrote: >> Wouldn't it be better to fix any applications that can't handle >> renamed devices? > > _Are_ there any such applications? Other than NetworkManager crapping > itself when the device name is too long, I'm not aware of any. I think pppd is one such app (multilink and radius features may break), though this thread has only been concerned with eth devices so far. I'm sure I used a command line tool recently that was checking device names for eth%d patterns but I can't remember what it was now. :( -- James Chapman Katalix Systems Ltd http://www.katalix.com Catalysts for your Embedded Linux software development -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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