linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Provide netdev naming-policy via sysfs

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Message-Id: <20140328.214254.1620280677250220442.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:42:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	teg@...m.no
Cc:	dh.herrmann@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	johannes@...solutions.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Provide netdev naming-policy via sysfs

From: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:39:57 +0100

> You mean coordinate with each other in userspace? If so, I still don't
> see how this can ever be anything else than fragile. It will depend on
> each userspace component actually opting in to whatever scheme we
> devise, and does so correctly.

Isn't that essentially what dbus is?

A way for seperate userland components to coordinate their
activities?

I just simply don't like all of these ramdom keys getting
added all over the place to guide udev behavior wrt. some
other entity.
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