From: Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:05 -0500
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:55:52AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > > This is kernel log clutter. > > > > You can ask the kernel for the list of interfaces, and > > use even ethtool to ask what driver each interface is > > associated with. > > > > The patch wasn't applied because it really is not necessary. > > I disagree completely. I'm working right now on a udev-based system that > does ethernet device renaming. It's quite difficult when working with > udev to tell exactly when and why each interface was renamed, since it's > typically done within initramfs where it's difficult to enable debug > messages. This printk helps immensely. You can listen on a netlink socket for these events if you want to see when they occur. There is no need for this log message, it is superfluous. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
