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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:17:43 -0400 From: Bill Nottingham <notting@...hat.com> To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> Subject: Re: new sysfs layout and ethernet device names Kay Sievers (kay.sievers@...y.org) said: > >If you *do* try to use one of these names, the rename will succeed... > >partway. The link in /sys/class/net is renamed, the directory is > >not (as it obviously can't rename on top of whatever is already there.) > >Various networking tools then break in assorted ways due to the > >naming disconnect. > > > >Going back to the deprecated layout makes these names available again - > >it's possible (although not necessarily likely) that the new layout > >will break someone's device configuration if they upgrade kernels, > >even if the rest of their tools are updated for the new layout. > > There will be a directory at the bus-device with the name of the > class, that glues together the bus-devices and the class-devices in > the unified tree: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git;a=blob;f=driver/driver-core-fix-namespace-issue-with-devices-assigned-to-classes.patch;hb=HEAD > > So the network-interface(s) will be in their own directory "net", > below the bus-device, and don't conflict with the existing attributes. So, the layout will change again? Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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