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RE: [Xen-devel] static vif/tap names

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] static vif/tap names
From: "Fischer, Anna" <anna.fischer@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:54:30 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] static vif/tap names
> 
> Keir Fraser wrote:
> > On 14/10/2009 06:30, "Jim Fehlig" <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> 1. Appending vifname, if specified, to "tap" (tap-<vifname>),
> >> otherwise use current dynamic tapX.Y 2. Add a 'tapname=' parameter
> to
> >> vif config.  This would allow controlling the vif and tap interface
> >> names independently.
> >>
> >> Is once of these solutions acceptable?  Any alternate suggestions?
> >>
> >
> > Option (1) sounds nice and straightforward.
> >
> 
> Thanks.  Patch attached.
> 
> Regards,
> Jim
> 
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx>

Much better than the current solution.

Acked-by: Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@xxxxxx>

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