From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
To: David Ward <david.ward@ll.mit.edu>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@vyatta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dummy: do not create a link (dummy0) at module init by default
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:25:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110117092556.GA7934@ff.dom.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1295225393-5779-1-git-send-email-david.ward@ll.mit.edu>
On 2011-01-17 01:49, David Ward wrote:
> When the dummy network driver is initialized with no parameters, a link
> is automatically created (named 'dummy0'). This is inconsistent with
> other virtual network drivers such as veth, macvlan, and macvtap, which
> do not create a link upon initialization.
Actually, this is consistent with _other_ virtual network drivers such
as loopback, ifb, and teql, which create a link upon initialization ;-)
Jarek P.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-17 9:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-17 0:49 [PATCH] dummy: do not create a link (dummy0) at module init by default David Ward
2011-01-17 9:25 ` Jarek Poplawski [this message]
2011-01-17 16:56 ` Stephen Hemminger
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