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Re: Interface description support



On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 08:08:24AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> 
> I think I would prefer that attempting to set a description that
> equals an interface name is rejected, and, when attaching an interface
> after boot (ie, after interface descriptions can have been set), when
> choosing an interface disambiguator number, putative names are tested
> for conflicts against not only other interfaces' names but against
> their descriptions as well.  Together, these would mean that there is
> no overlap between the set of interface names and the set of interface
> descriptions.

I like.

Thor


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