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-by: Shannon Nelson <snel...@pensando.io> > > There is a precedent in ACPI for telling the FW what OS is running but > > how is the interface name useful for the firmware I can't really tell. > It is so we can correlate the host's interface name with the internal > port data for internal logging.
Okay.. honestly brings back too many bad memories of arguing with engineers who spent their lives building middle boxes.. I just hope this won't spread.
