From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] net: add support for phys_port_name Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:30:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20150318.223050.836897753141133838.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1426645397-15284-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us, sfeldma@gmail.com To: dsahern@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:41395 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750852AbbCSCaw (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:30:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1426645397-15284-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: David Ahern Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:23:15 -0600 > Similar to port id allow netdevices to specify port names and export > the name via sysfs. Drivers can implement the netdevice operation to > assist udev in having sane default names for the devices using the > rule: > > $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{phys_port_name}!="", > NAME="$attr{phys_port_name}" > > Use of phys_name versus phys_id was suggested-by Jiri Pirko. > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern > Acked-by: Jiri Pirko > Acked-by: Scott Feldman Applied to net-next.