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SubjectRe: [patch] 2.3.99-pre3-3: dev_alloc_name
Nick Holloway wrote:
>
> Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk (Nick Holloway) writes:
> > urban@svenskatest.se (Urban Widmark) writes:
> > > (But I don't understand your number of 27 that needs fixing, so maybe I'm
> > > way off here ... :)
> >
> > Tim Waugh said that changing "name" in "struct net_device" from "char*"
> > to "char[]" would mean changing a large number of net drivers, as they
> > currently assign directly to dev->name.
> >
> > I looked into drivers/net to see how big this problem was. A quick grep
> > for "dev->name *=" revealed the following files:
> > [...]
> > This is where my figure of 27 comes from.
>
> This count is flawed. In addition to the ones picked out by the grep,
> there are also drivers that have:
>
> static char devicename[9] = { 0, };
> static struct net_device dev_el2[MAX_EL2_CARDS] = {
> {
> devicename,
> 0, 0, 0, 0,
> 0, 0,
> 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL
> },
> };
>
> These also need changing. Add about another dozen. Then add PCMCIA.
> Then add FDDI. Then add...
>
> Someone would have to decide that changing dev->name from "char*" to
> "char[]" _really_ was the _right_ thing to do.

I don't want to make the call, but if DaveM and/or Alan like it, then I
can help fix up most of the drivers...

--
Jeff Garzik | Tact is the ability to tell a man
Building 1024 | he has an open mind when he has a
MandrakeSoft, Inc. | hole in his head. (-random fortune)

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