Re: [PATCH rfc net] Allow the autoconfigured network interface to be renamed.

From: Scott Parlane <redacted>
Date: Sat,  9 Jun 2012 19:48:07 +1200

From: Scott Parlane <redacted>

if IP_PNP_RENAME_DEV is set, the first interface to be configured
automatically by the kernel during boot will be renamed.

IP_PNP_DEV_NEWNAME is the name to give the autoconfigured device.

No changes will be made to any interface that is not autoconfigured.

This allows the assurance of the boot device name, without the need
for an initramfs.

Signed-off-by: Scott Parlane <redacted>

Making this a compile time option makes absolutely no sense at all.

Assuming this feature is desirable at all (which is a big IF), it
should be a kernel command line option.