Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:08:15 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: andy.green@linaro.org
Cc: Linux USB list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 09:50:32AM +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> The particular use that suggested this is on Panda, it would be
> ideal to be able to set a flag in the usb device's platform data
> that forces it to be named eth%d since it's a hardwired asset on the
> board with an RJ45 socket.

If you _really_ need to name your network devices in a specific order,
then use the userspace tools we already have to do this.  That is what
they were created for, why ignore them?

thanks,

greg k-h
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