From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vadim Kochan Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: allow using a device "help" (or a prefix thereof) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 01:49:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20150315234917.GA7105@angus-think.lan> References: <1426462817-18366-1-git-send-email-develop@kristov.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, vadim4j@gmail.com, leonhard@pre.is To: Christoph Schulz Return-path: Received: from mail-lb0-f171.google.com ([209.85.217.171]:34777 "EHLO mail-lb0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751027AbbCPAA4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:00:56 -0400 Received: by lbbsy1 with SMTP id sy1so21060580lbb.1 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:00:54 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1426462817-18366-1-git-send-email-develop@kristov.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:40:17AM +0100, Christoph Schulz wrote: > Device names that match "help" or a prefix thereof should be allowed anywhere > a device name can be used. Note that a suitable keyword ("dev" or "name", the > latter for "ip tunnel") has to be used in these cases to resolve ambiguities. > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Schulz > Reported-by: Leonhard Preis > --- I don't know if it is important but I see this patch in the patchwork http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/450257/ as superseded, is it OK ? Regards,