netdev - Re: [RFC] Alternative hidden netwirk device interface

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Message-ID: <20070130100919.GD8548@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:09:19 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Alternative hidden netwirk device interface

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:09:58PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Change to allow register_netdevice() to be called with a blank name.
> If name is blank, it is not put in name hash list, and doesn't
> show up in /sys or /proc

That sounds even better indeed!

Of course register_netdevice should grow a detailed explanation of
this behaviour in the kdoc comment.

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