Re: hotplug logical devices?

["J.D. Hood" <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>]

 --- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> wrote: 
> Hotplug asks me:
> 
> Configuring hotplug
> -------------------
>  
> Hotplug has used logical interface name (hotplug) for ifup, so you need to
> configure /etc/network/interfaces to use "mapping hotplug" stanzas. Now, hotplugcan be
> configured not to use such hacks.
>  
> Do you use logical interface for ifup?
> 
> can someone translate this for me?

The message should be reworded, but here's the gist.

Previously, hotplug did, e.g., "ifup eth0=hotplug" when eth0 appeared.
Now you can choose to have hotplug do "ifup eth0" instead.

--
Thomas Hood

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