>On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:36:38AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: >> Right - so any reason this couldn't be implemented completely in >> userspace by having udev manipulate plain text files under say >> /etc/udev/net/? >> >> I do agree that it would be nice for admins/installers to tweak/use >> nic names in a similar way to storage names (udev rules), >and it might >> let us take advantage of a lot of the existing udev code. > >Is there interest in this approach? > - modify udev to manage network devices names as regular (non-device) > files (stored in /etc/udev, /dev/netdev, or wherever) Yes. Would you elaborate little more on "modify udev to manage network devices as regular files". Does it mean some custom rules which will generate a regular file under, say, /dev/netdev/ or extend udev itself ? And how would the regular file look like in terms of holding ifindex of the interface, which can be passed to libnetdevname. > - use the existing udev rules to manage symlinks to these files > - point libnetdevname at these text files for its name resolution > >I've started prototyping this, and it certainly looks possible >w/o any kernel changes. However, I could probably use some >advice from a udev person to do a proper implementation. With regards, Narendra K -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
