[lxc-devel] [PATCH] clarify explanation of veth

[Guido Jäkel]

On 16.01.2015 16:31, Stéphane Graber wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 04:13:39PM +0100, Guido Jäkel wrote:
>> On 15.01.2015 23:08, Stéphane Graber ACKd:
>>> +              By default, <command>lxc</command> chooses a name for the
>>
>> Is this the truth? I expect the veth driver (or the system) itself create the default names.
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>> BTW: I'm using the container name as the outerside name for the veth. For me, is very convenient to have this direct correlation, e.g. for automated naming at SNMP-Discovery and -Monitoring.
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>> Guido
> 
> It's the truth. LXC uses a vethXXXX template rather than what you'd get
> from the kernel which is just vethX where X is an incrementing digit.

Well, I should have taken a look in the code repository before. Please, may I then (nevertheless) ask for the motivation of the choice for pattern vethXXXX ?