netdev - Re: network interface *name* alias support?

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Message-Id: <1211621632.31212.73.camel@shinybook.infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 24 May 2008 10:33:52 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
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?

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.

-- 
dwmw2

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