YUCK! My pseudo-net interface is named fifostrrhead0!

by Roger Gonzale » Wed, 31 Dec 1997 04:00:00

[Solaris 2.6]

I tried SIOCSIFNAME, but it didn't work.

The name I want is correctly specified in module_info,
fmodsw, and modlstrmod, and the name of the module in
/kernel/strmod, but it doesn't seem to pick it up.

It used to have the correct name when it was a STREAMS
device, but now that I converted it to a module, it
is named fifostrrhead0.

Any ideas?

-Roger

Roger Gonzalez Datapult Communications

phone 781-646-0028 Arlington, MA 02174-1009

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