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Re: dragonfly pdf documentation


From: Eduardo Tongson <propolice@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:22:45 +0800

> BTW, why is the reason that some names like network interface names
> are named differently between linux and dragonbsd?

I think you mean eth0 vs xl0,dc0 

Linux uses eth_ for naming a network interface, on BSD interfaces are
named after the driver, xl0 (3Com 3C90x), dc0 (DEC). IMHO it is one of
Linux' design flaws. Naming it after the device is a plus because it
makes troubleshooting easier and less confusing (you know right away
which interface are you messing with).

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                                                    Eduardo Tongson     
                                                    <pornadmin.net/~tongson>



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