From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: scott@scottnz.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, scott.parlane@alliedtelesis.co.nz
Subject: Re: [PATCH rfc net] Allow the autoconfigured network interface to be renamed.
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:10:53 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120611.031053.1433253186495303724.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f8f3fa05ddbe3a2e1613588754f151ac.squirrel@scottnz.com>
From: scott@scottnz.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:58:45 +1200
> They use nfsroot which prevents udev rules from working correctly
> (because you cant take down the interface to rename it)
This is why I hate nfsroot as implemented in the kernel.
Do this right and use an initial ramdisk, then you won't have
this huge disconnect between different device names due to
lack of udev.
Thanks, you've confirmed that this patch is totally inappropriate.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-11 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-09 7:48 [PATCH rfc net] Allow the autoconfigured network interface to be renamed Scott Parlane
2012-06-10 15:53 ` Scott Parlane
2012-06-10 17:20 ` Jan Ceuleers
2012-06-11 3:08 ` David Miller
2012-06-11 3:25 ` David Miller
2012-06-11 9:58 ` scott
2012-06-11 10:10 ` David Miller [this message]
2012-06-11 10:44 ` scott
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