Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 16/19] ionic: Add netdev-event handling

2019-08-30 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:36:23 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote: > On 8/29/19 4:37 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:27:17 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote: > >> When the netdev gets a new name from userland, pass that name > >> down to the NIC for internal tracking. > >> > >> Signed-off-b

Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 16/19] ionic: Add netdev-event handling

2019-08-30 Thread Shannon Nelson
On 8/29/19 4:37 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:27:17 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote: When the netdev gets a new name from userland, pass that name down to the NIC for internal tracking. Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson There is a precedent in ACPI for telling the FW what OS is run

Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 16/19] ionic: Add netdev-event handling

2019-08-29 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:27:17 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote: > When the netdev gets a new name from userland, pass that name > down to the NIC for internal tracking. > > Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson There is a precedent in ACPI for telling the FW what OS is running but how is the interface name us

[PATCH v6 net-next 16/19] ionic: Add netdev-event handling

2019-08-29 Thread Shannon Nelson
When the netdev gets a new name from userland, pass that name down to the NIC for internal tracking. Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson --- drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h | 2 + .../net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c | 62 +++ 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)