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SubjectRe: Error message from device_rename in drivers/base/core.c
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 11:52:34PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> David Miller wrote:
> >From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> >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'. The following patch suppresses the error.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >I'm pretty sure it's UDEV doing this, and it should not try to rename
> >a netdevice to what it already is named.
> >
>
> 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.
Kay Sievers. Se contact details on his udev page here:
http://vrfy.org/log/recent-state-of-udev.html

Sam
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