Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: make "label" property optional for dsa2

From: Jiri Pirko
Date: Mon Jan 09 2017 - 11:08:43 EST


Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 05:00:19PM CET, andrew@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> > No. That should be unique within one switch. In mlxsw we name it "p1",
>> > "p2", ...
>> >
>> > The final netdev names are:
>> > enp3s0np1, enp3s0np2, ...
>>
>
>mlxsw are pci devices, so it follows this convention, i think:
>
> * [P<domain>]p<bus>s<slot>[f<function>][n<phys_port_name>|d<dev_port>]
> * PCI geographical location
>
>Our devices are not on PCI. So they won't follow this. I've no idea
>what they actually follow, since some are MDIO devices, some are SPI
>devices, some are memory mapped.

Got it. We just have to make sure udev names them appropriately.


>
>I'm not against making the label option, but i do want to better
>understand what we get as a result, just to make sure it is sensible.
>
>Vivien, could you try a recent udev and see what happens?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew