On Wednesday 30 June 2010, Stefan Assmann wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
> index 5e2b2a8..2fb665b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
> @@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ static int __devinit igbvf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> netif_carrier_off(netdev);
> netif_stop_queue(netdev);
>
> - strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
> + strcpy(netdev->name, "veth%d");
> err = register_netdev(netdev);
> if (err)
> goto err_hw_init;
Note that 'veth' is the name used for a virtual ethernet pair by
drivers/net/veth.c. If a variant of your patch gets applied, it would
probably be useful to use a different naming scheme to avoid confusion
with the veth driver.
Arnd
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