From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_SBL,URIBL_SBL_A autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A7BECE587 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 21:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB6D2133F for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 21:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727779AbfJAVvk (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2019 17:51:40 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:53314 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726681AbfJAVvk (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2019 17:51:40 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:1e2::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF28811F5F8BB; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 14:51:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:51:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20191001.145135.250803701681433413.davem@davemloft.net> To: jiri@resnulli.us Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jakub.kicinski@netronome.com, dsahern@gmail.com, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, dcbw@redhat.com, nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com, mkubecek@suse.cz, andrew@lunn.ch, parav@mellanox.com, saeedm@mellanox.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, sd@queasysnail.net, sbrivio@redhat.com, pabeni@redhat.com, mlxsw@mellanox.com Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/7] net: introduce alternative names for network interfaces From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190930094820.11281-1-jiri@resnulli.us> References: <20190930094820.11281-1-jiri@resnulli.us> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:51:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Jiri Pirko Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:48:13 +0200 > This patchset introduces alternative names for network interfaces. > Main goal is to: > 1) Overcome the IFNAMSIZ limitation (altname limitation is 128 bytes) > 2) Allow to have multiple names at the same time (multiple udev patterns) > 3) Allow to use alternative names as handle for commands Ok, let's see where this goes. Series applied, thanks Jiri.