linux-kernel - Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

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Date:	Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:59:32 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
CC:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

Kay Sievers wrote:
> On 8/8/07, Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net> wrote:
>> I agree with you, but you and David can fight it out. While finding out where to ask/complain about
>> udev, I had a private communication with GregKH. He thinks that a patch to fix this has already been
>> pushed through Linus. As Linville's wireless-dev tree is a little behind, I'm waiting to see if it
>> gets fixed here by 2.6.23-rc3. If not, I'll talk to the udev/hotplug folks.
> 
> Hmm, I can not immediately see how udev could request the renaming to
> the same name:
> 
>   /* look if we want to change the name of the netif */
>   if (strcmp(udev->name, udev->dev->kernel) != 0) {
>     ...
>     retval = rename_netif(udev);
>     ...
>   }
> 
> What udev version is it and which distro and version?

My distro is openSUSE 10.2, which is fully patched/updated. According to YaST, I'm using version 
103-12 x86_64. My kernel is 2.6.23-rc2 from John Linville's git tree - I run bcm43xx-mac80211.

Larry


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