On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:13:12AM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > No. If you have 3 interfaces, you will call ifrename 3 times > instead of one, and each time ifrename will have to probe all 3 > interfaces, so it's going to take more time. I personally do care > about boot time (which is why ifrename is designed the way it is and > why I'm going to do something about hotplug/net.agent).
Hm I didn't know the probing would take that much time. Well, I'll add a
S40 script then and upload a new package, closing this bug.
> > > Roaming is another issue. When someone moves from one location to
> > > another he can reconfigure an interface; however, he doesn't normally
> > > _rename_ the interface at that time.
> >
> > True.
>
> Maybe I should allow to ifrename based on IP address ;-)
I think I heard of people who'd like that, and also to ifrename based on
access point MAC.
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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