netdev - Re: [PATCH] ieee1394: eth1394: use "firewire%d" instead of "eth%d" as interface name

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Message-ID: <4A1A7659.6060201@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 12:43:37 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@...too.org>
CC:	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org,
	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee1394: eth1394: use "firewire%d" instead of "eth%d"
 as interface name

Matthias Schwarzott wrote:
> On Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> Besides, if we can we should avoid fw%d because this will clash with
>> udev rules which match KERNEL=="fw*", as in
>> udev/rules/redhat/40-redhat.rules.
> 
> I suggest a subsystem match here, or generally some
> SUBSYSTEM!="net", GOTO="end_of_file"
> around almost all rule files that should not match on network interfaces, as 
> users can rename them to almost all crazy names.
> 
> @Kay: Perhaps it could simplify some rulesets to have a special jump target or 
> option to skip entiere rules files.

Right...  Luckily, 75-persistent-net-generator.rules already has a big
SUBSYSTEM!="net", GOTO="persistent_net_generator_end" around everything.

Also, "fw*" devices related rules which I'll submit RSN will have
SUBSYSTEM=="firewire" prefixes.
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Stefan Richter
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