Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com> wrote:
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>> In any case, ip(8) allows you to set the name to whatever you
>> want at creation time.  So for those nostalgics you can still
>> use ethX.Y through ip.
>>   
> Yes but their is no indication as to which interface was just created.

You should be able to set the name at creation time.

The default is only used if you didn't specify an explicit name.

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