netdev - Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] Use dev_port for the ID of a network device.

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Message-ID: <CAPXgP13o=qZc0q+Af0sd6bLKUawKYw0L_SLqh3VgLZBJ1CfYSA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2014 02:33:19 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
To:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] Use dev_port for the ID of a network device.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
<cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> For network devices on the same PCI function, dev_id should not be used,
> since its purpose is for IPv6 support on interfaces with the same MAC
> address.
>
> The new dev_port sysfs attribute should be used when it is found. When
> it is not, using dev_id might work.

I don't see a problem switching this over, but why would we keep using
dev_id if it is not the right thing to use?

Kay
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