David Miller wrote: > From: Pavel Emelianov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:11:38 +0400 > > >>Veth stands for Virtual ETHernet. It is a simple tunnel driver >>that works at the link layer and looks like a pair of ethernet >>devices interconnected with each other. > > > I would suggest choosing a different name. > > 'veth' is also the name of the virtualized ethernet device > found on IBM machines, driven by driver/net/ibmveth.[ch]
AFAICS, ibmveth.c registers ethX devices, while this driver registers vethX by default, so there is no much conflict IMHO. But if you still don't like it, I would suggest 'ethtun' and later we will come with iptun for IP tunneling. Is it ok for you? Thanks, Kirill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
