Re: device vtnet -> device virtio_net?

----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> 
> GENERIC has
> 
> # VirtIO support
> device          virtio          # Generic VirtIO bus (required)
> device          virtio_pci      # VirtIO PCI device
> device          vtnet           # VirtIO Ethernet device
> device          virtio_blk      # VirtIO Block device
> device          virtio_scsi     # VirtIO SCSI device
> device          virtio_balloon  # VirtIO Memory Balloon device
> 
> Maybe it's just my OCD kicking in, but why is vtnet not named virtio_net?
> That would be consistent with the other virtio device names.
> 


That's what I picked 3 some years ago and it is too late to change it. I
believe my thinking at the time was to match most other Ethernet drives:
the module name is if_vtnet, so use vtnet in the kernel config.


> Cheers,
> Jos
> --
> Jos Backus
> jos at catnook.com
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