netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: rocker: Change netdev names to include slot number

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Date:	Mon, 2 Feb 2015 13:33:08 -0800
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: rocker: Change netdev names to include slot number

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 10:03 PM, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:
> Currently, rocker devices are given eth%d names. If you have multiple
> rocker devices it is difficult to easily correlate eth%d names to a
> rocker device and port. Change the device name to sw + PCI slot
> number + p + id (sw%dp%d). This makes the device names easier to
> correlate. ie., Rather than eth0, ..., eth N (N = number of ports in
> device) the ports get netdev names like sw5p0, ..., sw5pN.

I think udev is the preferred tool for interface naming, rather than
hard-coding interface names in the driver.
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