This:
Without that patch, there is a race when registering network interfaces
and renaming it with udev rules, because initially the address in
sysfs doesn't contain useful data. See
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=11446033892r=1w=2
Breaking the recommended way of assigning
Stephen Hemminger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Introduces new races in netdev_register_sysfs if the name changes, because
netdev_register_sysfs runs without RTNL at this point. So if some application
gets
in and changes the device name while netdev_register_sysfs is running, then
the
