netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net/ethernet : set default assignment identifier to NET_NAME

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Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 22:08:39 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Wienand <iwienand@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>,
        David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net/ethernet : set default assignment identifier to
 NET_NAME_ENUM

On Wed,  6 Apr 2022 19:36:36 +1000 Ian Wienand wrote:
> As noted in the original commit 685343fc3ba6 ("net: add
> name_assign_type netdev attribute")
> 
>   ... when the kernel has given the interface a name using global
>   device enumeration based on order of discovery (ethX, wlanY, etc)
>   ... are labelled NET_NAME_ENUM.
> 
> That describes this case, so set the default for the devices here to
> NET_NAME_ENUM.  Current popular network setup tools like systemd use
> this only to warn if you're setting static settings on interfaces that
> might change, so it is expected this only leads to better user
> information, but not changing of interfaces, etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Wienand <iwienand@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>