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From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:54:10 +0000
Subject: Re: net device renaming 2-step, IFNAMSIZ limit
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On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 12:45:04AM -0200, Piter PUNK wrote:
> As we talk on #udev, there is a patch that uses hash32 function inside 
> libudev to create
> the intermediate name. We use the "oldname-newname" to create the hash. 
> With that,
> exceeding IFNAMSIZ isn't a problem:

Thanks piterpunk.

I built udev on a Fedora 14 box, with this patch, and it works.
However, I don't see udev doing the 2-step anymore, perhaps that was
just a figment of the loglevel.  Anyhow, it looks right, and doesn't
blow up.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
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