On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:26:47 +0100 Jiri Benc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:09:58 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Change to allow register_netdevice() to be called with a blank name. > > If name is blank, it is not put in name hash list, and doesn't > > show up in /sys or /proc > > What about things like neigh_sysctl_register which expects nonempty dev > name or rtnetlink_event which sends a RTM_NEWLINK event (I doubt that > listeners are prepared for nonempty dev name)? that is fixable. > Also, if the interface has ifindex assigned it is accessible from user > space (although it's unlikely anybody would call anything on it) - what > should be the correct result of e.g. SIOCGIFNAME? blank? > > Thanks, > > Jiri > -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 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
