From 71d43f2550e80b8b99beea64fde35f5c75fbcd26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:11:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Staging: hv: name network device ethX rather than sethX This patch makes the HyperV network device use the same naming scheme as other virtual drivers (Xen, KVM). In an ideal world, userspace tools would not care what the name is, but some users and applications do care. Vyatta CLI is one of the tools that does depend on what the name is. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Hank Janssen Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c index 2ccb6b93fe473..ab27d9a4446d1 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -403,8 +403,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct device *device) if (!net_drv_obj->Base.OnDeviceAdd) return -1; - net = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_device_context), "seth%d", - ether_setup); + net = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct net_device_context)); if (!net) return -1; -- 2.39.5