netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 06/17] net: ibm: emac: remove bootlist support

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Message-ID: <20241004163433.79ca882c@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 16:34:33 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 jacob.e.keller@...el.com, horms@...nel.org, sd@...asysnail.net,
 chunkeey@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 06/17] net: ibm: emac: remove bootlist
 support

On Wed,  2 Oct 2024 19:11:24 -0700 Rosen Penev wrote:
> This seems to be mainly used for deterministic interfaces. systemd
> already does this in userspace.

I guess.. but what gives you the confidence this is not going to cause
a regression for people? There's certainly plenty of machines with
"stable naming" disabled. Whether that's wise or not is a separate
question..