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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:36:13 -0700 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Narendra K <narendra_k@...l.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, matt_domsch@...l.com, jordan_hargrave@...l.com Subject: Re: PATCH: Network Device Naming mechanism and policy On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:00:01AM -0500, Narendra K wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 07:12:07PM +0530, K, Narendra wrote: > > > example udev config: > > > SUBSYSTEM=="net", > > SYMLINK+="net/by-mac/$sysfs{ifindex}.$sysfs{address}" > > > > work as well. But coupling the ifindex to the MAC address like this > > doesn't work. (In general, coupling any two unrelated attributes when > > trying to do persistent names doesn't work.) > > > Attaching the latest patch incorporating review comments. > > By creating character devices for every network device, we can use > udev to maintain alternate naming policies for devices, including > additional names for the same device, without interfering with the > name that the kernel assigns a device. > > This is conditionalized on CONFIG_NET_CDEV. If enabled (the default), > device nodes will automatically be created in /dev/netdev/ for each > network device. (/dev/net/ is already populated by the tun device.) > > These device nodes are not functional at the moment - open() returns > -ENOSYS. Their only purpose is to provide userspace with a kernel > name to ifindex mapping, in a form that udev can easily manage. How does this patch work with the network namespace functionality? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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