[net-next] dummy: declare dummy devices as enumerated devices

Subsystems: networking drivers, the rest

2 messages, 2 authors, 2017-09-18 · open the first message on its own page

[net-next] dummy: declare dummy devices as enumerated devices

From: Zhang Shengju <hidden>
Date: 2017-09-12 01:32:52

Dummy device name is enumerated by the kernel, let user space be aware
of the naming scheme used by dummy devices:
(visible in /sys/class/net/<iface>/name_assign_type).

Signed-off-by: Zhang Shengju <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/dummy.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dummy.c b/drivers/net/dummy.c
index d0a1f9c..e31ab3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dummy.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int __init dummy_init_one(void)
 	int err;
 
 	dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct dummy_priv),
-				 "dummy%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, dummy_setup);
+				 "dummy%d", NET_NAME_ENUM, dummy_setup);
 	if (!dev_dummy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [net-next] dummy: declare dummy devices as enumerated devices

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2017-09-18 18:29:43

From: Zhang Shengju <redacted>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:32:45 +0800
Dummy device name is enumerated by the kernel, let user space be aware
of the naming scheme used by dummy devices:
(visible in /sys/class/net/<iface>/name_assign_type).

Signed-off-by: Zhang Shengju <redacted>
Applied.
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