Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] ptp: derive the device name from the parent device
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-09-21 18:11:27
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 06:40:58PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 17:39 +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote:quoted
With the device, it is possible to lookup the driver.For PCI devices, yes. But there is really no guarantee that device names (as in dev_name()) are globally unique either.
Ben, I tried to implement your suggestion from September 7th. Don't you like it, or did I misunderstand you? Thanks, Richard