Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

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

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.

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