From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next]: net: remove ifalias on empty given alias
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:14:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080923131452.5d40dd03@extreme> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48D948E8.6090804@hartkopp.net>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-23 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-23 0:43 [PATCH] net: network device name ifalias support Stephen Hemminger
2008-09-23 2:44 ` David Miller
2008-09-23 3:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-09-23 4:28 ` David Miller
2008-09-23 19:52 ` [PATCH net-next]: net: remove ifalias on empty given alias Oliver Hartkopp
2008-09-23 20:14 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2008-09-24 4:23 ` David Miller
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