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.
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