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alt-name: Improve wording
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New feature in nmstate 2.2.51.

Interface alternative name is a kernel property of network interface which is
treat equally as interface kernel name in netlink protocol.
treated equally to the interface kernel name by the netlink protocol.

Unlike kernel interface name limitation on 15 characters, alternative name
length limitation is 255(might change in the future by kernel team).
Unlike the kernel interface name limitation of 15 characters, interface alternative names
are limited to 127 characters (although this could be changed in the future by the kernel team).

Like kernel interface name, alternative name should unique among all interface
names and all alternative names. Nmstate will raise error otherwise.
names and all alternative names. Nmstate will raise an error otherwise.

Nmstate does not override existing alternative names, you can only append
and remove explicitly.
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