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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next]: net: remove ifalias on empty given alias
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:14:52 -0700

> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:52:08 +0200
> Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net> wrote:
> 
> > This patch removes the potentially allocated ifalias when the (new) 
> > given alias is empty.
> > 
> > E.g. when setting
> > 
> > echo "" > /sys/class/net/eth0/ifalias
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
> > ---
> > 
> > Hello Stephen,
> > 
> > this patch allows to 'remove' or reset the ifalias by giving an empty alias.
> > The patch is tested.
> > Btw. ifalias is a nice idea also for CAN bus people to 'name' a given 
> > CAN bus.
> > 
> > Thanks & regards,
> > Oliver
> > 
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> 
> Also, udev could put a default value in based on the slot information it has.

I've applied Oliver's patch.