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Message-ID: <20091029175045.GD3612@ldl.fc.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:50:46 -0600
From: dann frazier <dannf@...nf.org>
To: Narendra_K@...l.com
Cc: greg@...ah.com, Matt_Domsch@...l.com, kay.sievers@...y.org,
linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
Jordan_Hargrave@...l.com, Charles_Rose@...l.com,
bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev: create empty regular files to represent
netinterfaces
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:52:52PM +0530, Narendra_K@...l.com wrote:
>
> >Sure, it's never guaranteed by the kernel that this will
> >happen, especially as we speed up the boot process by doing
> >things async.
>
> >So again, just fix your installer, or write a new udev rule
> >for your hardware platforms, or both. But I still fail to see
> >why multiple names for network devices _in the kernel_ is a
> >solution for your issue.
> >
>
> The char device nodes solution does not propose having multiple names
> for the network interfaces _in the kernel_.
Nor does the udev-only implementation I posted which doesn't rely on
new character devices.
--
dann frazier
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