From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] UDEV - Add 'udevlom' command line param to start_udev Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:05:00 -0700 Message-ID: <20101103180500.GA7441@kroah.com> References: <20101103165505.GA3281@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Matt_Domsch@Dell.com, Jordan_Hargrave@Dell.com, Charles_Rose@Dell.com To: Narendra_K@Dell.com Return-path: Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:54565 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753458Ab0KCSP7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:15:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101103165505.GA3281@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:25:25PM +0530, Narendra_K@Dell.com wrote: > Hello, > > This patch allows users to specify if they want the onboard network > interfaces to be renamed to lomN by implementing a command line param > 'udevlom'. Ick ick ick. Why not do this in some other configuration file? Don't rely on udev being started with a different option, that is only ripe for abuse by everyone else who wants their pet-project to get into the udev environment. Please, surely there's a different way to do this. thanks, greg k-h