On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:23:35AM -0700, Narendra_K@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > V1 -> V2: > > This patch addresses the scenario of buggy firmware/BIOS tables. The > patch introduces a command line parameter 'no_netfwindex', passing which > firmware provided index will not be used to derive 'eth' names. By > default, firmware index will be used and the parameter can be used to > work around buggy firmware/BIOS tables. > > Please find the patch below. > > From: Narendra K <narendra_k@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] Use firmware provided index to register a network device > > This patch uses the firmware provided index to derive the ethN name. > If the firmware provides an index for the corresponding pdev, the N > is derived from the index. No, this has the very big chance to reorder existing network names and should all be done in userspace with the firmware information exported in sysfs, if the user so desires. So consider this patch rejected from me. thanks, greg k-h -- 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
