linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dvb: Allow MAC addresses to be mapped to stable device names with udev

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Message-ID: <10475.1540983466@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:57:46 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
        Brad Love <brad@...tdimension.cc>, mchehab@...nel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dvb: Allow MAC addresses to be mapped to stable device names with udev

Sean Young <sean@...s.org> wrote:

> With this patch, with a usb Hauppauge Nova-T Stick I get:
> 
> $ tail /sys/class/dvb/*/dvb_*
> ...
> ==> /sys/class/dvb/dvb0.demux0/dvb_mac <==
> 00:00:00:00:00:00

I presume you're complaining, then, that the file exists in this instance
rather than it doesn't have the real MAC address in it?

> Having said that dvb_type does look a little nicer:
> 
> 	ATTR{dvb_type}=="demux"

So I should keep that or drop that?

David