netdev - Re: [PATCH V2] Use firmware provided index to register a network interface

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Message-ID: <20101007174435.GA2939@libnet-test.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:14:46 +0530
From:	<Narendra_K@...l.com>
To:	<greg@...ah.com>
CC:	<kay.sievers@...y.org>, <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <Jordan_Hargrave@...l.com>,
	<Vijay_Nijhawan@...l.com>, <Charles_Rose@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Use firmware provided index to register a network
 interface

On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 10:45:32PM +0530, Greg KH wrote:
>    On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:05:14PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
>    > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 18:48, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
>    > > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 11:31:13AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
>    > >> 1) SMBIOS type 41 method.  Windows does not use this today, and I
>    > >>    can't speak to their future plans.  Narendra's kernel patch does,
>    > >>    as has biosdevname, the udev helper we first wrote for this
>    > >>    purpose, for several years.
>    > >
>    > > Then stick with that udev helper please :)
>    >
>    > What about just exporting this information in sysfs, and not touch the
>    naming?
> 
>    I think this is now exported in userspace, right Narendra?
> 

Right. It is in the mainline kernel.
( commit 911e1c9b05a8e3559a7aa89083930700a0b9e7ee)

-- 
With regards,
Narendra K
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