Dennis wrote:
>
> Is there any reason that ethernet devices not named eth* will not work? We
> need to create pseudo ethernet devices for bridge group references and it
> would be confusing if they were named eth* rather then bg*.
>
> There seems to be some table that they go into...any caveats?
>
> Dennis
They can be called whatever you want, within reason, so long as they are
no more than 15 characters long. They should probably NOT be called eth*,
as that will be confusing, as you mention.
There are some folks that already have bridging working too in the 2.3
kernel I think....
Ben
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