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Subject: Re: How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work?
To: rhw@MemAlpha.CX (Riley Williams)
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:42:47 +0100 (BST)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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One point to remind people of here. You can runtime rename interfaces.
Almost all the needed kernel infrastructure is there already.

Alan