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From: Chris Friesen <cbf123@mail•usask.ca>
To: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail•com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: where is the ethernet device number determined?
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 14:27:56 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5734E74C.9060409@mail.usask.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM_iQpVmy4bAKB9jwd0+uetw6GZuxg4MOmOb4Zya31VUwRYDQQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 05/12/2016 02:19 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123@mail•usask.ca> wrote:

>> I hope this is a simple question...with legacy naming ethernet devices are
>> named ethX.  Where is that X determined?  I've been looking in
>> alloc_netdev_mqs() and friends, but haven't found it yet.
>
> __dev_alloc_name()

Much appreciated.

Chris

      reply	other threads:[~2016-05-12 20:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-12 20:05 where is the ethernet device number determined? Chris Friesen
2016-05-12 20:19 ` Cong Wang
2016-05-12 20:27   ` Chris Friesen [this message]

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