Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 04:02:02PM +0100, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> 
> But a user could do:
> 
> ifconfig bnx0 name tmp
> ifconfig bnx1 name bnx0
> ifconfig tmp name bnx1

I believe linux disallows this (it causes serious grief).
(Actually it may not actually check!)

I also remember a certain system allowing interface names that ended
with digits - then add the unit number.

        David

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