netdev - Re: where is the ethernet device number determined?

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Message-ID: <5734E74C.9060409@mail.usask.ca>
Date:	Thu, 12 May 2016 14:27:56 -0600
From:	Chris Friesen <cbf123@...l.usask.ca>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: where is the ethernet device number determined?

On 05/12/2016 02:19 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123@...l.usask.ca> wrote:

>> I hope this is a simple question...with legacy naming ethernet devices are
>> named ethX.  Where is that X determined?  I've been looking in
>> alloc_netdev_mqs() and friends, but haven't found it yet.
>
> __dev_alloc_name()

Much appreciated.

Chris