netdev - Re: "ip addr show" returns interface names that won't work with "ip addr show dev <ifname>"

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Message-Id: <B4F46201-5CB4-416A-928C-13F885727CFD@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:52:50 -0500
From:   Scott Fields <slfields66@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "ip addr show" returns interface names that won't work with "ip
 addr show dev <ifname>"

Has this been received? I’ve not seen any response.

> On Jun 11, 2021, at 5:27 AM, Scott Fields <slfields66@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> “ip addr show” will return a list of devices that may not work with “ip addr show dev <ifname>”.
> 
> If you have list vlan device, it will return it as “<vlan ifname>@<parent ifname>”.
> 
> However, “ip addr show dev <ifname>” will not work with that name.
> 
> “ip addr show dev <ifname>” should work with interface names that “ip addr show” returns.