Subject: Re: [RFC] usbnet: use eth%d name for known ethernet devices

From: David Anders <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:54:02 -0500

On 03/23/2011 12:13 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 March 2011, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>    
>> --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
>> @@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static const struct driver_info smsc75xx_info = {
>>          .rx_fixup       = smsc75xx_rx_fixup,
>>          .tx_fixup       = smsc75xx_tx_fixup,
>>          .status         = smsc75xx_status,
>> -       .flags          = FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
>> +       .flags          = FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP | FLAG_REALLY_ETHER,
>>   };
>>
>>   static const struct usb_device_id products[] = {
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
>> index bc86f4b..c98d3a7 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
>> @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static const struct driver_info smsc95xx_info = {
>>          .rx_fixup       = smsc95xx_rx_fixup,
>>          .tx_fixup       = smsc95xx_tx_fixup,
>>          .status         = smsc95xx_status,
>> -       .flags          = FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
>> +       .flags          = FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP | FLAG_REALLY_ETHER,
>>   };
>>
>>      
> These two hunks are from an earlier version of the patch and should not
> be there, they break compilation. I'll wait for more comments and
> then send a fixed version.
>
> 	Arnd
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tested with 2.6.38 using omap2plus_defconfig with EHCI and smsc95xx 
turned on minus the FLAG_REALLY_ETHER. appears to work properly, assigns 
as eth0.

i ran some basic net tests with no issues.

Dave Anders