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Subject: RE: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?
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It changed to be more descriptive.  The old one is supported for backwards compatibility, just like we have sys_oldoldstat still.

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From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
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Subject: Re: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?


On Aug 28 2007 10:23, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>What's the upside of changing?  What's the downside?  The upside is so
>infinitesimal that that leaving "ether=" in indefinitely seems like a
>good move to me.

Then why did it change to netdev= in the first place...



	Jan
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