From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename "virtual ethernet device" to "virtual ethernet pair device". Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:04:48 +1100 Message-ID: <200711071504.49112.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> References: <200711071409.01000.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <20071106.191906.127144742.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xemul@openvz.org, ebiederm@xmission.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:37450 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754332AbXKGEEV (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:04:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20071106.191906.127144742.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 07 November 2007 14:19:06 David Miller wrote: > If anything, the veth naming makes more sense than the IBM device > cases. > > And that's why I decreed that last time this came up that the naming > for veth was just fine. OK, about the help text. IMHO noone should be using "virtual ethernet" unqualified, since there are multiple things that now refers to. Here's a respin with just the help text changes: == Clarify "virtual ethernet device" to "virtual ethernet pair device". 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..cb581eb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ config TUN If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. config VETH - tristate "Virtual ethernet device" + 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"