From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:12:26 +0200 > Userspace programs generally need to know the name of the ppp devices > they create. Both ioctl and rtnl interfaces use the ppp<suffix> sheme > to name them. But although the suffix used by the ioctl interface can > be known by userspace (it's the PPP unit identifier returned by the > PPPIOCGUNIT ioctl), the one used by the rtnl is only known by the > kernel. > > This patch brings more consistency between ioctl and rtnl based ppp > devices by generating device names using the PPP unit identifer as > suffix in both cases. This way, userspace can always infer the name of > the devices they create. > > Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
