From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 15:59:20 -0800
> Actually dev_load by ethernet name is really a legacy thing that > should just die, > > It was kept around so that some very tunnel configuration using special names. > > # ifconfig sit0 > > which probably several web pages still tell users to do... > We have much better control now with ip commands so that this is just > baggage. As you say, some people use this stuff, so we really can't break it at this point.
