"Ernst du Toit" <et@houseofet.com> writes:
> Can you point me to a discussion exlaining why cloning devices are great and
> the way we had it is bad? Apart from what looks like having the freedom of
> not hardwiring the number if interfaces in the kernel config file. Not to
> mention a refreshingly less cluttered ifconfig -a output :)

Not having to hardwire the number of interfaces is important. This
way, a host can just add all the gre and tun devices it needs, when it
needs them. It is a big win.

Perry