* where is the ethernet device number determined? @ 2016-05-12 20:05 Chris Friesen 2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Chris Friesen @ 2016-05-12 20:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: netdev Hi, 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. Thanks, Chris ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: where is the ethernet device number determined? 2016-05-12 20:05 where is the ethernet device number determined? Chris Friesen @ 2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang 2016-05-12 20:27 ` Chris Friesen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Cong Wang @ 2016-05-12 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Chris Friesen; +Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123@mail.usask.ca> wrote: > > Hi, > > 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() ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: where is the ethernet device number determined? 2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang @ 2016-05-12 20:27 ` Chris Friesen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Chris Friesen @ 2016-05-12 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Cong Wang; +Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers On 05/12/2016 02:19 PM, Cong Wang wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123@mail.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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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