> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:50:55 +0200 > From: Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 02:34:55PM +0300, Gregory Edigarov wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > This diff adds possibility for the network interfaces to have an > > arbitrary names. this is done via ifconfig <oldname> name > > <newname> > > This enables you to have two interfaces with the same name, afaiks, or > have funny names that might confused tools. Sounds fishy to me. I'd > say we have a 'decription' field, use that to distinguish interfaces.
I agree with Otto here. The interface names should match the device names in dmesg. Otherwise debugging (hardware) problems becomes a real bitch.
