On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 10:28:14AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Maybe code would be cleaner if you just could do: > register_netdevice(mydev); > > cloak_netdevice(mydev); > > > And cloak_netdevice() just removed the network device from the > name table. I would rather keep it with a real ifindex and in the > device list, so that if the interface is miss used or the device > is referenced by other devices, we don't see unexpected surprises > like oops.
I don't think first publishing it and then hiding it is a good idea, but I agreed that it should at least have a valid ifindex. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
