linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] usbnet: use eth%d name for known ethernet devices

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:04:48 +0000
From:	Andy Green <andy@...mcat.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>,
	Linux USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, roger.quadros@...ia.com,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] usbnet: use eth%d name for known ethernet devices

On 03/23/2011 04:56 PM, Somebody in the thread at some point said:

> The approach taken here is to flag whether a device might be a
> point-to-point link with the new FLAG_PTP setting in the usbnet
> driver_info. A driver can set both FLAG_PTP and FLAG_ETHER if
> it is not sure (e.g. cdc_ether), or just one of the two.
> The usbnet framework only looks at the MAC address for device
> naming if both flags are set, otherwise it trusts the flag.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
> index bc86f4b..c98d3a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
> @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static const struct driver_info smsc95xx_info = {

> -	.flags		= FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
> +	.flags		= FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP | FLAG_REALLY_ETHER,

>   		if ((dev->driver_info->flags&  FLAG_ETHER) != 0&&
> +		    ((dev->driver_info->flags&  FLAG_PTP) == 0 ||
> +		     (net->dev_addr [0]&  0x02) == 0))
>   			strcpy (net->name, "eth%d");

So it just takes the approach that all smsc95xx are going to be eth%d? 
Sounds good to me.

-Andy
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