From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rusty Russell Subject: [PATCH] Rename "virtual ethernet device" to "virtual ethernet pair device". Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:09:00 +1100 Message-ID: <200711071409.01000.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Pavel Emelianov , "Eric W. Biederman" To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:58622 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754874AbXKGDIb (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:08:31 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org There are already iSeries and pSeries virtual ethernet drivers called veth; calling a local tunnel device "veth" is confusing. I didn't rename the module nor the header, to avoid breaking documentation and userspace programs respectively. But I'd really like to. It'd also be nice to mention "containers" somewhere in the help text (I'm assuming that's what it's for?). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index 5f800a6..033a847 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -135,11 +135,12 @@ config TUN If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. -config VETH - tristate "Virtual ethernet device" +config VETH_PAIR + tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" ---help--- - The device is an ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. When - one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice versa. + This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. + When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice + versa. config NET_SB1000 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile index 0e5fde4..20491b0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Makefile +++ b/drivers/net/Makefile @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MACSONIC) += macsonic.o obj-$(CONFIG_MACMACE) += macmace.o obj-$(CONFIG_MAC89x0) += mac89x0.o obj-$(CONFIG_TUN) += tun.o -obj-$(CONFIG_VETH) += veth.o +obj-$(CONFIG_VETH_PAIR) += veth.o obj-$(CONFIG_NET_NETX) += netx-eth.o obj-$(CONFIG_DL2K) += dl2k.o obj-$(CONFIG_R8169) += r8169.o