Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master): On Sat, 7 Aug 2021 18:00:50 +0200 you wrote: > When registering new ppp interface via PPPIOCNEWUNIT ioctl then kernel has > to choose interface name as this ioctl API does not support specifying it. > > Kernel in this case register new interface with name "ppp<id>" where <id> > is the ppp unit id, which can be obtained via PPPIOCGUNIT ioctl. This > applies also in the case when registering new ppp interface via rtnl > without supplying IFLA_IFNAME. > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - ppp: Fix generating ppp unit id when ifname is not specified https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/3125f26c5148 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html