From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow multiple dummy devices again
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:13:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031127171313.04f89baa.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031128004445.GA2870@averell>
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:44:45 +0100
Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> wrote:
> In 2.6 the old trick of copying the dummy module to get multiple dummy
> devices doesn't work anymore because the "dummy" device name is embedded
> in the module.
>
> This patch adds a new module option that allows to specify how many
> dummy devices you want.
Jeff, FWIW I'm fine with this.
Even though we generally frown upon module options for networking
devices, I think it's wholly appropriate for this case.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-28 1:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-28 0:44 [PATCH] Allow multiple dummy devices again Andi Kleen
2003-11-28 1:13 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2003-11-28 1:33 ` jamal
2003-11-28 1:40 ` David S. Miller
2003-11-28 7:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-11-28 8:30 ` David S. Miller
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