> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:50:55 +0200
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> From: Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
> 
> 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.