netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] net: dsa: set name_assign_type to NET_NAME

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Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:42:02 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] net: dsa: set name_assign_type to NET_NAME_ENUM
 for enumerated user ports

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 11:52:04AM +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> When a user port does not have a label in device tree, and we thus
> fall back to the eth%d scheme, the proper constant to use is
> NET_NAME_ENUM. See also commit e9f656b7a214 ("net: ethernet: set
> default assignment identifier to NET_NAME_ENUM"), which in turn quoted
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew