From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Small Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:07:53 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use firmware provided index to register a network interface Message-Id: <4C9A7E39.2020304@buttersideup.com> List-Id: References: <20100922183137.GA7607@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> In-Reply-To: <20100922183137.GA7607@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Narendra K Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, matt_domsch@dell.com, charles_rose@dell.com, jordan_hargrave@dell.com, vijay_nijhawan@dell.com Narendra K wrote: > Hello, > > Here is another approach to address the issue of "eth0 does not always > map to the Integrated NIC Port 1 as denoted on server chassis label". > For more details please refer to the thread - > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m8163454631618&w=3. > Hi, Out of interest, that link says that doing it in usespace was rejected, but doesn't give any references... I'd be interested to know why this wasn't viable - since this seemed like the best fit at first glance - most people will never use this, so no need to grow their kernel size and complexity? Cheers, Tim.