netdev - Re: Vlan interface nuisance

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Message-Id: <20090301.212824.124808000.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:28:24 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Vlan interface nuisance

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:05:41 -0800

> On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:57:02 -0800 (PST)
> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:47:31 -0800
> > 
> > > Why is interface created through netlink named 'vlan0' and
> > > interface created through old vconfig called 'ethX.YY'.
> > > Seems like the interface should be consistent.
> > 
> > I think the netlink scheme is saner, and the idea is to
> > transition people over to that.
> > 
> > We can't change what vconfig uses, so what Patrick decided
> > to do is pretty sane if you ask me.
> 
> This is missing:

You can just say you don't think the behavior is
intentional.... :-/

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