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Message-ID: <87d2w5k8mv.fsf@nemi.mork.no>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:40:40 +0100
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	<joseph.lutz@...atechweb.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Issue with Micrel PCI Network Driver.

Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> writes:
> On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 11:10 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>
>> That should of course be fixed.  But this bug should not prevent
>> userspace from renaming the device, should it? Sounds like a userspace
>> application making too many stupid assumptions to me.  Does it work for
>> network devices attached to other buses?
>
> It prevents userspace from applying a naming policy that incorporates
> the PCI slot number.

Ah, right.  Thanks for explaining.  That makes more sense.


Bjørn
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