netdev - Re: [PATCH] netdev: add support for interface name retrieval from DT aliases

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Message-Id: <20140508.224252.1337086843732451389.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 08 May 2014 22:42:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com
Cc:	olof@...om.net, nicolas.ferre@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: add support for interface name retrieval from
 DT aliases

From: Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Date: Tue,  6 May 2014 17:36:34 +0200

> There is currently no proper way to bind a net interface to a specific
> name. The interface name is chosen based on the interface type (eth,
> wlan, ...) and the interfaces already registered (the core codes takes
> the first unused interface id of the given type).
> 
> Add support for DT retrieval of the interface id based on DT aliases.
> The alias name must match the interface type (e.g. ethX if you're defining
> an ethernet dev alias).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

This really isn't kosher at all.

And there absolutely is a proper way to bind a net interface to
a specific name, udev has provided this facility for years.

I'm not applying this, sorry.
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