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From: Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add netdev led trigger
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:03:00 -0500
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:15:51AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Using the device name as an identifier is not reliable, they may not
> be unique.

I'm confused about this -- how else can the user specify the desired network
interface?

> rwlocks are deprecated.

In favor of what?  Should I use a spinlock?

Thanks for the feedback.

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Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u