igbvf: avoid name clash between PF and VF

On 08.07.2010 15:41, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 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.

Good point!
Greg suggested vfeth, that should be more descriptive and unique.

  Stefan
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stefan Assmann [mailto:sassmann@redhat.com]
>Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:32 AM
>To: Arnd Bergmann
>Cc: netdev; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Duyck, Alexander H; Rose,
>Gregory V; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Andy Gospodarek
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] igbvf: avoid name clash between PF and VF
>
>On 08.07.2010 15:41, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Good point!
>Greg suggested vfeth, that should be more descriptive and unique.
>
>  Stefan
>---
>diff --git a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
>index 5e2b2a8..4d02af8 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, "vfeth%d");
> 	err = register_netdev(netdev);
> 	if (err)
> 		goto err_hw_init;

Acked-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>

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