On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:13:37PM -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 06:11:19PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > 
> > Walk /sys/class/net, filter on type, filter out bridges, filter out 
> > wireless if you want to. sysfs should have all the information you need 
> > without name-based heuristics.
> 
> You have added confirmation that any attempt to figure out the name of
> the interface is an ugly brittle mess. ;)

What is "The ethernet device"? It's the device that speaks ethernet and 
which isn't wireless or a bridge. The correct way to identify it is to 
look for devices that speak ethernet and which aren't wireless or 
bridges.

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