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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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