On Wednesday 07 November 2007 14:19:06 David Miller wrote:
> If anything, the veth naming makes more sense than the IBM device
> cases.
>
> And that's why I decreed that last time this came up that the naming
> for veth was just fine.
OK, about the help text. IMHO noone should be using "virtual
ethernet" unqualified, since there are multiple things that now refers to.
Here's a respin with just the help text changes:
==
Clarify "virtual ethernet device" to "virtual ethernet pair device".
It'd also be nice to mention "containers" somewhere in the help text
(I'm assuming that's what it's for?).
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 5f800a6..cb581eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ config TUN
If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
config VETH
- tristate "Virtual ethernet device"
+ tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
---help---
- The device is an ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. When
- one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice versa.
+ This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
+ When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
+ versa.
config NET_SB1000
tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
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