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Re: Add nameif to net-tools

To: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Add nameif to net-tools
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:51:29 -0700
Cc: philb@xxxxxxx, net-tools@xxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Candela Technologies
References: <20001018041853.A10118@gruyere.muc.suse.de>
Sender: owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> I wrote a small tool called nameif some time ago. It names network interfaces
> based on a file containing MAC addresses. This way you can maintain a stable
> network configuration even when the kernel changes probe orders
> (e.g. when modules are loaded in a different order or the kernel version
> changes). Basically it does the same job as scsidev, only for network
> interfaces.
> 
> I appended the simple file for reference. There is no man page yet, but
> I'll write one.
> 
> Would anyone complain when I add it to net-tools ?
> 
> -Andi

Sounds good to me...It'll help me test my hash code :)

Ben


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