netdev - Re: [stable] [PATCH] atm: expose ATM device index in sysfs

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 12:06:51 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Chas Williams <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] atm: expose ATM device index in sysfs

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:47:36PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> It's current exposed only through /proc which besides requiring
> screen-scraping doesn't allow userspace to distinguish between two
> identical ATM adapters with different ATM indexes.  The ATM device index
> is required when using PPPoATM on a system with multiple ATM adapters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
> PS: -> stable too since it's a minimal change with no backwards
> incompatibility and I'd like to rely on this attribute in NetworkManager

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>
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