From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Domsch Subject: Re: extended netdevice naming proposal Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:52:25 -0600 Message-ID: <20101118185225.GB4952@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> References: <20101117220659.GA12177@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> <4CE571B5.9070600@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, narendra_k@dell.com, jcm@redhat.com, notting@redhat.com To: Rick Jones Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CE571B5.9070600@hp.com> Sender: linux-hotplug-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:34:29AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote: > With the presence of the pci_slot driver to allow association of the PCI > address with a "slot name" is encoding such information into the interface > name really necessary? I think so. 1) Dell systems seem not to be able to put information into pci_slot. That needs investigation. 2) if it's not in the name, the user must do the correlation themselves manually. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO