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Date:      Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:09:49 -0700
From:      "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: switching to if_xname from if_name and if_unit 
Message-ID:  <200207271709.g6RH9nSW034764@mail.meer.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>  of "27 Jul 2002 13:17:51 %2B0200." <xzpznwdl8rk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> 

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I've always wondered why interfaces have names at all.  They should be 
identified
by port IMHO, and the name is just something you query on the port.
Then the names could be meaningful strings.

Later,
GEroge

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George V. Neville-Neil                                  gnn@neville-neil.com
Neville-Neil Consulting                                	www.neville-neil.com

"I learn only to be contented."  inscription at Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, Japan



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