linux-kernel - Re: Request for suggestion on net device re-naming/re-ordering based on DT alias

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Date:   Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:13:44 +0530
From:   Harini Katakam <harinik@...inx.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: Request for suggestion on net device re-naming/re-ordering based
 on DT alias

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 12:10 AM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:24:03 +0530
> Harini Katakam <harinik@...inx.com> wrote:
>
<snip>
>
> Device naming is a hard problem, and there is no perfect solution.
>
> Device tree should be providing hints to userspace policy for naming, not
> trying to do it in the kernel.
> See: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/

Thanks Stephen - I'll try this.

Regards,
Harini