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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:51:17 -0800 From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com> To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20] kobject net ifindex + rename On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:16:05AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Hi, > > > Patch for 2.6.20 is attached. > > ... and in the meantime netdevices aren't class_device any more :) IOW, > your patch isn't going to work any more. That's why I always specify the kernel version. I'll look into that, I'm sure it's not the end of the world ;-) > Also, I think wireless could benefit from this as well. In which sense ? Wireless interface are regular netdevices. > > The kobject framework is well designed, so adding these > > features is trivial change and won't run the risk of breaking anything > > (famous last words). Obviously, hotplug apps are free to ignore those > > additional features. > > Why not just add this to base kobject_rename instead? That way, > userspace is notified for all renames in sysfs. > The patch then collapses down to the change in net's sysfs code to add > the ifindex to the environment, and another change in kobject to invoke > a new event when a name changes and show the old name. I'm just trying to follow the established pattern. Both class_device_add() and class_device_del() are generating the event. Also, I'm not sure if other subsystem would benefit from it, I don't want to generate too many useless events. > johannes Thanks ! Jean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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