Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

[Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost>]

On 20.06.2012 22:08, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> I saw some people being unhappy with the idea of interface rename
> ("once you're renamed it to foobar you don't know anymore if it's a
> wm(4) or a tap(4), or possibly a bridge(4)") and I also like being
> able to classify interfaces looking  at their name,
> But I also see a need to be able to refer to them using a different name.
> But this is different from a rename.
> 
> I really think the feature we want is "alias", not "rename".

In that case, I would avoid the use of "alias". ifconfig(8) uses it
already, but for another purpose.

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Jean-Yves Migeon
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