netdev - Re: [PATCH net] core: Don't attempt to load the "" driver.

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Date:	Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:03:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	David.Laight@...LAB.COM
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] core: Don't attempt to load the "" driver.

From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:48:39 +0000

> Requests like 'ifconfig ""' cause dev_load(net, "") be called, since
> request_module("") return 0 (success) this generates the error message:
> "Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev- instead."
> 
> Since dev_load() doesn't have to work, just ignore such names.

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