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List:       osdl-device-naming
Subject:    Re: [Device_naming] PSDN Use Case - please review
From:       Alan Cox <alan () redhat ! com>
Date:       2005-06-09 12:26:07
Message-ID: 20050609122607.GA26098 () devserv ! devel ! redhat ! com
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On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 07:33:53PM -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> > I'm not proposing touching DEVPATH, that has to be the canonical name. If
> > we start changing the name report to udev then all hell would break loose
> 
> Indeed. However that's how it works today:
> 
>  # ifrename -i eth0 -n LAN
> 
> will change /sys/class/net/eth0 to /sys/class/net/LAN. IIRC, you don't
> even get hotplug events for this. 

That I consider a bug - ifrename is a feature that predates hotplug by about
7 or 8 years. Having label and true names would be a chance to fix this 



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