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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: network interface *name* alias support?
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:33:52 +0100
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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.

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dwmw2