patch-2.3.27 drivers/net/Space.c command-line breaks

Ludovic LANGE (tily@planetepc.fr)
Wed, 01 Dec 1999 01:22:13 +0100

Greetings,

In patch 2.3.27, there is the following modification in Space.c (with
many others):

static struct net_device eth0_dev = {
- "eth0" __PAD4, 0, 0, 0, 0, ETH0_ADDR, ETH0_IRQ, 0, 0, 0, &eth1_dev,
ethif_probe };
+ "eth%d" __PAD5, 0, 0, 0, 0, ETH0_ADDR, ETH0_IRQ, 0, 0, 0,
&eth1_dev, ethif_probe };

Basically many occurences (not all) of interface names are replaced with
format strings.
But it seems odd to me :
- Some interface names aren't modified,
- there is no code that actually sprintfs the right number in the format
strings,
- It break my command line parameters : ether=0,1,2,3,eth0 -> it tries
to compare 'eth0' with 'eth%d' in net/ethernet/eth.c eth_setup(), and
it fails.

May be I didn't understand the aim of that patch.

Anybody can help me ? (private mail please, I do not read the full
list.)

Thanx.

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