Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264300AbTKUFSz (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:18:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264301AbTKUFSy (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:18:54 -0500 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:21494 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264300AbTKUFSx (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:18:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:18:38 -0500 From: Bill Nottingham To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] All my Pcmcia cards are 'eth0' Message-ID: <20031121051838.GA13127@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 842 Lines: 19 Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de) said: > > There are some situations where you have to jump through hoops > > because it can't atomically swap two device names (i.e., > > eth0 <-> eth1, but the code itself seems to work ok in use here... > > Adding such swapping should not be very hard if someone is motivated. > Interestingly you're the first to complain about it missing... When I looked at it, I assumed it was a limitation of the kernel interface, in that it only operated on one device at a time... or are you talking about just doing the switch in nameif itself with a temporary device name? Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/