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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL]: Alias names for network interfaces
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:31:39 -0800
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:02:19 +0530
<Narendra_K@Dell.com> wrote:

> Sure, but this would again introduce state. And that might not help in a
> heterogeneous environment.

Hetrogeneous with what? Other OS's; sorry I don't care what Windows, Solaris,
HP-UX or anything else uses as a rule. The point is to do the right thing.

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