* where is the ethernet device number determined?
@ 2016-05-12 20:05 Chris Friesen
2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang
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From: Chris Friesen @ 2016-05-12 20:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Hi,
I hope this is a simple question...with legacy naming ethernet devices are named
ethX. Where is that X determined? I've been looking in alloc_netdev_mqs() and
friends, but haven't found it yet.
Thanks,
Chris
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* Re: where is the ethernet device number determined?
2016-05-12 20:05 where is the ethernet device number determined? Chris Friesen
@ 2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang
2016-05-12 20:27 ` Chris Friesen
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From: Cong Wang @ 2016-05-12 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Friesen; +Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123@mail.usask.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope this is a simple question...with legacy naming ethernet devices are
> named ethX. Where is that X determined? I've been looking in
> alloc_netdev_mqs() and friends, but haven't found it yet.
__dev_alloc_name()
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* Re: where is the ethernet device number determined?
2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang
@ 2016-05-12 20:27 ` Chris Friesen
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From: Chris Friesen @ 2016-05-12 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cong Wang; +Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers
On 05/12/2016 02:19 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123@mail.usask.ca> wrote:
>> I hope this is a simple question...with legacy naming ethernet devices are
>> named ethX. Where is that X determined? I've been looking in
>> alloc_netdev_mqs() and friends, but haven't found it yet.
>
> __dev_alloc_name()
Much appreciated.
Chris
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