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Message-ID: <20220406220839.4f16acf6@kernel.org>
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>
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