[PATCH] Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/wait_for_sysfs.c b/wait_for_sysfs.c
index 91a2b6b628..3b1b0cd248 100644
--- a/wait_for_sysfs.c
+++ b/wait_for_sysfs.c
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 		/* wait for the class device with possible physical device and bus */
 		wait_for_class_device(class_dev, &error);
 
+		/*
+		 * we got too many unfixable class/net errors, kernel later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
+		 * solve this by exporting the needed information with the hotplug event
+		 * until we use this just don't print any error for net devices, but still
+		 * wait for it.
+		 */
+		if (strncmp(devpath, "/class/net/", 11) == 0)
+			error = NULL;
+
 		sysfs_close_class_device(class_dev);
 
 	} else if ((strncmp(devpath, "/devices/", 9) == 0)) {