Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

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

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 05:47:53PM +0100, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > At the very last, being able to get the driver name and instance
> > number in a convenient way (e.g. in ifconfig output).
> 
> Ok, I will take a look at that, which I guess will require the introduction
> of a new ioctl and a corresponding field in ifnet. You could always find
> the original name in dmesg, since everytime the name changes a line is
> printed, but I agree it might be confusing and difficult if you perform a
> lot of renames.

And it may not be in dmesg any more, if the kernel logged lots of things
after this event.

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