From: Til Kaiser <mail@tk154.de>
To: kuba@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: uevent: also pass network device driver
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:30:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241116163206.7585-1-mail@tk154.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241115140621.45c39269@kernel.org>
Hi, thanks for the response.
I have added a short explanation to the commit message.
I aim to retrieve the network interface's driver when it
gets created on the Linux OpenWrt OS. OpenWrt doesn't use
udev but uses its own hotplug implementation where the driver
name isn't available per a shell variable.
As I mentioned in my commit message, I could add the driver
query to the hotplug implementation. But I think it might also
be beneficial for other Linux OS that the driver name comes
directly from the Linux Kernel.
Furthermore, I think it's more comfortable for a user that he
can directly check the driver name through the sysfs uevent file.
Kind regards
Til
Changes in v2:
- Updated the commit message to clarify the purpose of the patch.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-16 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-15 18:33 [PATCH net-next] net: uevent: also pass network device driver Til Kaiser
2024-11-15 22:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-11-16 16:30 ` Til Kaiser [this message]
2024-11-16 16:30 ` [PATCH net-next v2] net: sysfs: also pass network device driver to uevent Til Kaiser
2024-11-19 1:55 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-12-05 16:28 ` Til Kaiser
2024-12-06 7:13 ` Greg KH
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