From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E469C3A59F for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:38:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4E82166E for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:38:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netronome-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@netronome-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="uOasiiMS" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727525AbfH2XiC (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:38:02 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f66.google.com ([209.85.208.66]:45943 "EHLO mail-ed1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727176AbfH2XiC (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:38:02 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f66.google.com with SMTP id x19so5862163eda.12 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:38:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=netronome-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qLJe/bs/DrEJWr6l40Vco6An+qJa0H3EkGISSshZsUo=; b=uOasiiMSMsDuahQWplxwcV8tA2bsHMkjOVyT1IxlTeyBIBm3+4qYx+/tf1vUsbkNIC r6ZsVcnUWqUCHTBbTNYMnZd1z/8uk3ls9pJP6NnR13OGTRjfco3pv59JItxJMRLkQ8Kq xvR0AV/q9NgtmE6UzapYmuJIlgHkDx7K7JQJSmFstPfUVZ8nagQ98GhAofZD6yAwt32O LyVY8I60MvKJTuiw5Zx8+lH+UXuBcjzeYgcRClCJvTJNSzEhJ+sRQVqL0cnyFBUTs683 IXJ/OnvZ60RYlva3bXGsFLOi6n8jvMVtkDNLgXzCaMJJgWMj1Y3XrDesH+w1VnWzXdOf DiRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qLJe/bs/DrEJWr6l40Vco6An+qJa0H3EkGISSshZsUo=; b=XHw3B1/L6laPkhcAtPZJQHjHMk3KKE5Ohax2jddCAuLJ6a0bHpdy6tp+7uQ+66sx3Z O1Y8JFjyWi9V6iwBsSa53Eg1H0g4KRpCC7djeflbtxiuI5qBWt71KtF27jdRt/eTneQJ Y51CffjkpyszLsRolM/J7AjbpbQGu90xutVT0Z3MbWXgddYS4Ke0PsR4Tg3SegCXollz YRj1LhOD+Mn7oegDPVTYaHxM01xiT1HROxMzcRt0fCDfHzDycx4SATarOSanoyFjGuBy zoAX+Pls4lkEqTk6WXDFh/T4o6vdThup1IxeoJx57YTBtivq2oAaiv3JYbXuqgR3uSW0 CKWQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUMFNl1+YKzcSgii1JZvuLRQxLEa+sQBrWN4dh7rqkKZ2hMP1d5 sBply5Rkk3ISNDQ2XLrGsDVMAA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy47ncgeDWUi6FpB1gk/htQt2h0HVt6F880FjfJ9CqmB1mNN6BoJBNyJVZmRaZvK0un1nLbmQ== X-Received: by 2002:a50:aee9:: with SMTP id f38mr12704956edd.22.1567121880553; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:38:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cakuba.netronome.com ([66.60.152.14]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id jx11sm324588ejb.19.2019.08.29.16.37.59 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:38:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:37:38 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Shannon Nelson Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 16/19] ionic: Add netdev-event handling Message-ID: <20190829163738.64e7fe42@cakuba.netronome.com> In-Reply-To: <20190829182720.68419-17-snelson@pensando.io> References: <20190829182720.68419-1-snelson@pensando.io> <20190829182720.68419-17-snelson@pensando.io> Organization: Netronome Systems, Ltd. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org 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 useful for the firmware I can't really tell.