netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] hv_netvsc: automatically name slave VF network device

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:02:59 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hv_netvsc: automatically name slave VF network
 device

On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:59:30 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Rename the VF device to ethX_vf based on the ethX as the
> synthetic device.  This eliminates the need for delay on setup,
> and the PCI (udev based) naming is not reproducible on Hyper-V
> anyway. The name of the VF does not matter since all control
> operations take place the primary device. It does make the
> user experience better to associate the names.
> 
> Based on feedback from all.systems.go talk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>

I think you must have hit send before seeing my last reply on v1...