From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dann frazier Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev: create empty regular files to represent netinterfaces Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:50:46 -0600 Message-ID: <20091029175045.GD3612@ldl.fc.hp.com> References: <20091016214024.GA10091@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20091022063619.GB6321@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20091027205551.GA31963@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> <20091029131125.GA13809@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> <20091029142554.GA16869@kroah.com> <20091029165259.GA9692@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: greg@kroah.com, Matt_Domsch@Dell.com, kay.sievers@vrfy.org, linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jordan_Hargrave@Dell.com, Charles_Rose@Dell.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com To: Narendra_K@Dell.com Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-hotplug-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:52:52PM +0530, Narendra_K@Dell.com wrote: > > >Sure, it's never guaranteed by the kernel that this will > >happen, especially as we speed up the boot process by doing > >things async. > > >So again, just fix your installer, or write a new udev rule > >for your hardware platforms, or both. But I still fail to see > >why multiple names for network devices _in the kernel_ is a > >solution for your issue. > > > > The char device nodes solution does not propose having multiple names > for the network interfaces _in the kernel_. Nor does the udev-only implementation I posted which doesn't rely on new character devices. -- dann frazier