On 8/11/19 7:34 PM, David Ahern wrote: > On 8/10/19 12:30 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> Could you please write me an example message of add/remove? > > altnames are for existing netdevs, yes? existing netdevs have an id and > a name - 2 existing references for identifying the existing netdev for > which an altname will be added. Even using the altname as the main > 'handle' for a setlink change, I see no reason why the GETLINK api can > not take an the IFLA_ALT_IFNAME and return the full details of the > device if the altname is unique. > > So, what do the new RTM commands give you that you can not do with > RTM_*LINK? >
To put this another way, the ALT_NAME is an attribute of an object - a LINK. It is *not* a separate object which requires its own set of commands for manipulating.
