Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] ifb: make device count build-time configurable | From | Jamal Hadi Salim <> | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 2016 07:55:22 -0500 |
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On 16-01-12 06:56 AM, Lubomir Rintel wrote: > The devices can be created at run-time for quite some time already and the > load-time device creation collides with attempts to create the device of > the same name: > > # rmmod ifb > # ip link add ifb0 type ifb > RTNETLINK answers: File exists > > This is pretty much the same situation as was with the block loop devices > which was solved by adding a build-time configuration that the > distributions could use as they deem fit while keeping the default for > compatibility. > > Let's do that here as well. > > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
I guess module options are frowned upon. so:
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
cheers, jamal
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