From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: lunz@falooley.org
Cc: olaf@aepfle.de, rol@witbe.net, akpm@osdl.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rol@as2917.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:28:52 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070211.102852.45510952.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070211182704.GA14021@avocado.homenet>
From: Jason Lunz <lunz@falooley.org>
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 with.
> >
> > The patch wasn't applied because it really is not necessary.
>
> I disagree completely. I'm working right now on a udev-based system that
> does ethernet device renaming. It's quite difficult when working with
> udev to tell exactly when and why each interface was renamed, since it's
> typically done within initramfs where it's difficult to enable debug
> messages. This printk helps immensely.
You can listen on a netlink socket for these events if you
want to see when they occur.
There is no need for this log message, it is superfluous.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-11 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-11 11:28 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered Paul Rolland
2007-02-11 12:54 ` [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming Olaf Hering
2007-02-11 13:29 ` Paul Rolland
2007-02-11 17:55 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <20070211182704.GA14021@avocado.homenet>
2007-02-11 18:28 ` David Miller [this message]
2007-02-11 22:35 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-02-11 13:04 ` 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered Benoit Boissinot
2007-02-11 13:14 ` Paul Rolland
2007-02-11 13:35 ` Paul Rolland
[not found] <fa.vON9rghc4zb2B4B1Ub/ZAaRY2v8@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.EIATc7QlHJ5coYaEARiq54/4h6A@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.rECiNcG8qmgC5L7se1aXLWosf4E@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa./pMesnnnb80P5K2iQYUkxeYCpXA@ifi.uio.no>
2007-02-11 19:20 ` [PATCH] keep track of network interface renaming Robert Hancock
2007-02-11 21:41 ` David Miller
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