Re: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: propogate Hyper-V friendly name into interface alias

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:25:30 -0700

> This patch implement the 'Device Naming' feature of the Hyper-V
> network device API. In Hyper-V on the host through the GUI or PowerShell
> it is possible to enable the device naming feature which causes
> the host to make available to the guest the name of the device.
> This shows up in the RNDIS protocol as the friendly name.
> 
> The name has no particular meaning and is limited to 256 characters.
> The value can only be set via PowerShell on the host, but could
> be scripted for mass deployments. The default value is the
> string 'Network Adapter' and since that is the same for all devices
> and useless, the driver ignores it.
> 
> In Windows, the value goes into a registry key for use in SNMP
> ifAlias. For Linux, this patch puts the value in the network
> device alias property; where it is visible in ip tools and SNMP.
> 
> The host provided ifAlias is just a suggestion, and can be
> overridden by later ip commands.
> 
> Also requires exporting dev_set_alias in netdev core.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>

This looks fine, applied, thanks.