diff -ur vmnet-only.a/netif.c vmnet-only/netif.c
--- vmnet-only.a/netif.c	2014-10-10 03:23:08.585920012 +0300
+++ vmnet-only/netif.c	2014-10-10 03:23:09.245920008 +0300
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
    memcpy(deviceName, devName, sizeof deviceName);
    NULL_TERMINATE_STRING(deviceName);
 
-   dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup);
+   dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, VNetNetIfSetup);
    if (!dev) {
       retval = -ENOMEM;
       goto out;