From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarek Poplawski Subject: Re: [PATCH] dummy: do not create a link (dummy0) at module init by default Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:25:56 +0000 Message-ID: <20110117092556.GA7934@ff.dom.local> References: <1295225393-5779-1-git-send-email-david.ward@ll.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@vyatta.com To: David Ward Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:53358 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751326Ab1AQJ0D (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:26:03 -0500 Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so5770195fxm.19 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:26:01 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1295225393-5779-1-git-send-email-david.ward@ll.mit.edu> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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.