what is the story on if_index allocation ?

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:53:37AM +0300, Petri Helenius wrote:
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> Relevant quote from the RFC:

a very appropriate one indeed, which seems to substantiate my point.

>    interfaces that might be added dynamically.  The exact meaning of a
>    "different" interface is hard to define, and there will be gray
>    areas.  Any firm definition in this document would likely turn out to
>    be inadequate.  Instead, implementors must choose what it means in
>    their particular situation, subject to the following rules:

so if there are gray areas in defining 'different' the same applies
to defining 'same' :)

cheers
luigi