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From: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip: allow using a device "help" (or a prefix thereof)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:06:56 +0200
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:23:45AM +0200, 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.

Lol :D