[PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-08-15 Thread Olaf Hering
Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the network device driver printed its banner. Previous kernel names will be reused when new interfaces get registerd. Recent udev scripts implement a stable kernel device name for network interfaces. This printk avoids confusion

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-08-15 Thread Patrick McHardy
Olaf Hering wrote: Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the network device driver printed its banner. Previous kernel names will be reused when new interfaces get registerd. Recent udev scripts implement a stable kernel device name for network interfaces. This

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-02-19 Thread Olaf Hering
On Sat, Feb 18, Jeff Garzik wrote: Fix Xen network support not to do such stupid stuff... No Xen due to lack of A20 gates. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-02-19 Thread Francois Romieu
Christoph Hellwig [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [...] the about to rename part is really noisy. Yes. @@ -730,7 +731,11 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *d else if (__dev_get_by_name(newname)) return -EEXIST; else + { - a cleanup patch may be avoided if the {

[PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-02-18 Thread Olaf Hering
Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the network device driver printed its banner. Example insanity: honeydew:~ # dmesg| grep -Ew '(eth[0-9]|rename|renamed)' e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-02-18 Thread Andrew Morton
Olaf Hering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: honeydew:~ # dmesg| grep -Ew '(eth[0-9]|rename|renamed)' e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection e1000: eth2: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-02-18 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 12:21:20AM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote: Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the network device driver printed its banner. Example insanity: honeydew:~ # dmesg| grep -Ew '(eth[0-9]|rename|renamed)' e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R)

Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming

2006-02-18 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 12:21:20AM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote: Keep track about which network interface names were renamed after the network device driver printed its banner. Example insanity: honeydew:~ # dmesg| grep -Ew '(eth[0-9]|rename|renamed)' e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R)