netdev - Re: displayed name changed in ip link show for bridge- and other interfaces

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Message-ID: <20150615085410.6628b5bb@urahara>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 2015 08:54:10 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>,
	Ulrich Gemkow <ulrich.gemkow@....uni-stuttgart.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: displayed name changed in ip link show for bridge- and other
 interfaces

On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:13:12 +0200
Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:

> Theoretically, virtual interfaces should advertise an IFLA_LINK to 0.
> I don't know what is the best fix:
>   - patching iproute2 to avoid this '@...E'
>   - patching the kernel (see below).


Sorry this is an ABI change. The kernel has to go back
to doing the same thing as before.
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