From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Domsch Subject: Re: PATCH: Network Device Naming mechanism and policy Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:06:37 -0600 Message-ID: <20091106220637.GB15533@mock.linuxdev.us.dell.com> References: <20091013173638.GE1119@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20091016003245.GD29672@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20091016152053.GA9862@ldl.fc.hp.com> <1255707193.2869.12.camel@achroite> <20091016214024.GA10091@ldl.fc.hp.com> <4ADC906E.2050909@kadzban.is-a-geek.net> <20091106084921.GA16700@bongo.bofh.it> Reply-To: Matt Domsch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Narendra_K@Dell.com, bryan@kadzban.is-a-geek.net, dannf@hp.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, Jordan_Hargrave@Dell.com, Charles_Ros Return-path: Received: from ausxipps301.us.dell.com ([143.166.148.223]:7123 "EHLO ausxipps301.us.dell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760026AbZKFWGc (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:06:32 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091106084921.GA16700@bongo.bofh.it> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:49:21AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Nov 04, Narendra_K@Dell.com wrote: > > > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > > ATTR{smbios_name}=="Embedded_NIC_1", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", > > NAME="eth0". > As a distribution developer I highly value solutions like this which do > not require patching every application which deals with interface names > and then teaching users about aliases which only work in some places and > are unknown to the kernel. Fair enough - but would you object if we changed the naming scheme from eth%d to something else? -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux