From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:47:31 -0800

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> Why is interface created through netlink named 'vlan0' and
> interface created through old vconfig called 'ethX.YY'.
> Seems like the interface should be consistent.

I think the netlink scheme is saner, and the idea is to
transition people over to that.

We can't change what vconfig uses, so what Patrick decided
to do is pretty sane if you ask me.
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