Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 07:27:23AM +0100, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:11:28AM +0100, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> > > > With the restriction that multiple interfaces can't have the same label
> > > > at the same time in a system.
> > >
> > > but I don't see why such a restriction should be required. It may be
> > > useful for something, and if the admin wants to label network interfaces
> > > the same, that is their perogative.. the driver name is still a unique
> > > identifier.
> >
> > Because the goal is to be able to reference interfaces by label.
> > If 2 interfaces have the same label, you don't know which one to choose.
> 
> And thus, you are saying that you can't see a reason to allow it?

No, I'm saying it's incompatible with one of the goal of label, which
is to have a user-specifed interface identifier. If the label is not unique,
it can't be used as identifier.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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