On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 09:32:37AM -0500, Jon Masters wrote:
I've had a few off-list conversations with various community
members
about this. One thing that came up was that the alternative namespace is
necessary, but also that "lom" is a sub-optimal choice. One idea that
did come up was simply to call them "net" (net0, etc.) or perhaps
"net"
followed by another letter like "netm" or something. To avoid
bikeshedding this to death though, I think Matt's "lom" naming is fine
for the moment unless we happen to all agree on something else.
There's an upstream conversation about the naming convention here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-hotplug&m=129003163201746&w=2
For the record, right now, biosdevname uses:
emN_(vf).(vlan) for embedded devices
pci(slot)#(port)_(vf).(vlan) for add-in cards.
If the device does not support SR-IOV, then the _(vf) part is omitted.
If no huge objections on the upstream thread, I'll push this into
rawhide ASAP.
Thanks,
Matt
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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO