RFC: interface description

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> My point has always been - if I have to add/do an ioctl I can always also
> use a library call that will read it from a .txt, .xml, .db file
> or whatever and I don't have to go to the kernel, handle all the
> string length problems there, ... especially as the kernel cannot do
> anything with that string.

Personally, I couldn't care less if an interface description is stored
in the kernel or in a file. I *do* care about being able to set and
show the description via ifconfig.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no