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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 08:18:12 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> To: Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 11:52:34PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > David Miller wrote: > >From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> > >Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:17:23 -0500 > > > >>I am getting the following error message from drivers/base/core.c: > >> > >>net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed (-17) > >> > >>Upon investigation, the call generating the error is renaming 'eth1' to > >>'eth1'. The following patch suppresses the error. > > > >I think this check belongs in udev not in the kernel. Thankfully > >this message at least tells us it is happening, please don't > >remove it. > > > >I'm pretty sure it's UDEV doing this, and it should not try to rename > >a netdevice to what it already is named. > > > > Yes, it is most likely coming from udev. Do you know who maintains udev? > Google didn't give an answer in the first two pages. Kay Sievers. Se contact details on his udev page here: http://vrfy.org/log/recent-state-of-udev.html Sam - 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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