[Xorp-hackers] Network interface naming

[Ong Beng Hui]

Hi,

Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:

> All,
...
> This is definitely something that has to be considered, hence I am
> forwarding his email to the list to start a discussion on the
> subject.

Having work in Cisco for a while, I don't think there is any
good way of naming interfaces. I think the best is to keep it
simple, ie... interface 0, interface 1, and so on... and having
a platform specific layer to handle the translation of bus, slot,
port, sub-interface, etc.

:)