Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-08 Thread Larry Finger
Kay Sievers wrote: On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 08:59 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: Kay Sievers wrote: On 8/8/07, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree with you, but you and David can fight it out. While finding out where to ask/complain about udev, I had a private communication with GregKH.

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-08 Thread Kay Sievers
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 08:59 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > Kay Sievers wrote: > > On 8/8/07, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I agree with you, but you and David can fight it out. While finding out > >> where to ask/complain about > >> udev, I had a private communication with GregKH. He

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-08 Thread Larry Finger
Kay Sievers wrote: On 8/8/07, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree with you, but you and David can fight it out. While finding out where to ask/complain about udev, I had a private communication with GregKH. He thinks that a patch to fix this has already been pushed through Linus. A

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-08 Thread Kay Sievers
On 8/8/07, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cornelia Huck wrote: > > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:37:24 -0700 (PDT), > > David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I think this check belongs in udev not in the kernel. Thankfully > >> this message at least tells us it is happening, please

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-08 Thread Larry Finger
Cornelia Huck wrote: On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:37:24 -0700 (PDT), David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think this check belongs in udev not in the kernel. Thankfully this message at least tells us it is happening, please don't remove it. Hm, device_rename() could alternatively just return

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-08 Thread Cornelia Huck
On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:37:24 -0700 (PDT), David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:17:23 -0500 > > > I am getting the following error message from drivers/base/core.c: > > > > net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-07 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 11:52:34PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > David Miller wrote: > >From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:17:23 -0500 > > > >>I am getting the following error message from drivers/base/core.c: > >> > >>net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink fa

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-07 Thread Larry Finger
David Miller wrote: From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:52:34 -0500 Yes, it is most likely coming from udev. Do you know who maintains udev? Google didn't give an answer in the first two pages. I may be mis-remembering but I thought Greg KH was at the helm at leas

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-07 Thread David Miller
From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:52:34 -0500 > Yes, it is most likely coming from udev. Do you know who maintains > udev? Google didn't give an answer in the first two pages. I may be mis-remembering but I thought Greg KH was at the helm at least at one point. - To

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-07 Thread Larry Finger
David Miller wrote: From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:17:23 -0500 I am getting the following error message from drivers/base/core.c: net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed (-17) Upon investigation, the call generating the error is renaming 'eth1' t

Re: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-07 Thread David Miller
From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:17:23 -0500 > I am getting the following error message from drivers/base/core.c: > > net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed (-17) > > Upon investigation, the call generating the error is renaming 'eth1' to > 'eth1'.

Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c

2007-08-07 Thread Larry Finger
I am getting the following error message from drivers/base/core.c: net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed (-17) Upon investigation, the call generating the error is renaming 'eth1' to 'eth1'. The following patch suppresses the error. Index: wireless-dev/drivers/base/core.c