From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: Vlan interface nuisance Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:44:55 +0100 Message-ID: <49ABAA97.4060103@trash.net> References: <20090301204731.40ce346a@nehalam> <20090301.205702.81302378.davem@davemloft.net> <20090301210541.4585c199@nehalam> <20090301.212824.124808000.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:40055 "EHLO stinky.trash.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754380AbZCBJo7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Mar 2009 04:44:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20090301.212824.124808000.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: David Miller wrote: > From: Stephen Hemminger > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:05:41 -0800 > >> On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:57:02 -0800 (PST) >> David Miller wrote: >> >>> From: Stephen Hemminger >>> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:47:31 -0800 >>> >>>> Why is interface created through netlink named 'vlan0' and >>>> interface created through old vconfig called 'ethX.YY'. >>>> Seems like the interface should be consistent. >>> I think the netlink scheme is saner, and the idea is to >>> transition people over to that. >>> >>> We can't change what vconfig uses, so what Patrick decided >>> to do is pretty sane if you ask me. >> This is missing: > > You can just say you don't think the behavior is > intentional.... :-/ Indeed, it was intentional not to have these IMO useless naming schemes when you can simply supply the name of your choice when creating the interface.