Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 11.02.2007 19:28 schrieb David Miller: > From: Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500 > >> On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: >>> This is kernel log clutter. >>> >>> You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and >>> use even

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Robert Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:20:10 -0600 > Unfortunately that's not very practical if, as in this case, the > renaming is being done from an initramfs. Hiding this information as we > do now is rather user-hostile. Perhaps you have a point, I'll think

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Robert Hancock
David Miller wrote: From: Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500 On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: This is kernel log clutter. You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and use even ethtool to ask what driver each interface

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500 > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > > This is kernel log clutter. > > > > You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and > > use even ethtool to ask what driver each interface is > >

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Olaf Hering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:54:23 +0100 > Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the > network device driver printed its banner. > > Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is kernel log clutter. You can ask the kernel

RE: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Rolland
Excellent Olaf ! Yes, I got a "eth0 renamed to eth2". > Unfortunately, this patch was not applied to mainline last year. > Maybe this year. Seconded, you have my vote for this ! Regards, Paul - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

[PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Olaf Hering
On Sun, Feb 11, Paul Rolland wrote: > I'm facing something quite strange... When booting one of these kernels > (it's a new machine, I've not been running older kernels), the boot message > says : > > ACPI: PCI Interrupt :04:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > sky2 v1.10 addr

[PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Olaf Hering
On Sun, Feb 11, Paul Rolland wrote: I'm facing something quite strange... When booting one of these kernels (it's a new machine, I've not been running older kernels), the boot message says : ACPI: PCI Interrupt :04:00.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 19 sky2 v1.10 addr 0xff8fc000 irq

RE: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Rolland
Excellent Olaf ! Yes, I got a eth0 renamed to eth2. Unfortunately, this patch was not applied to mainline last year. Maybe this year. Seconded, you have my vote for this ! Regards, Paul - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Olaf Hering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:54:23 +0100 Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the network device driver printed its banner. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is kernel log clutter. You can ask the kernel for the

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Jason Lunz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500 On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: This is kernel log clutter. You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and use even ethtool to ask what driver each interface is associated

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Robert Hancock
David Miller wrote: From: Jason Lunz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500 On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: This is kernel log clutter. You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and use even ethtool to ask what driver each interface is

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread David Miller
From: Robert Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:20:10 -0600 Unfortunately that's not very practical if, as in this case, the renaming is being done from an initramfs. Hiding this information as we do now is rather user-hostile. Perhaps you have a point, I'll think about

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2007-02-11 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 11.02.2007 19:28 schrieb David Miller: From: Jason Lunz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500 On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: This is kernel log clutter. You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and use even ethtool to ask what