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author | Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2014-07-01 10:11:50 -0300 |
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committer | Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org> | 2014-07-01 15:19:20 +0200 |
commit | 3058e017fced6d5c8712e10c8c1477421bc1e960 (patch) | |
tree | e39960d6b2158c1749bb74ce56753310e80d398a /NEWS | |
parent | 2834ffe78d7fd8be118429aa1449ac72641638c2 (diff) |
Use dev_port for the ID of a network device.
For network devices on the same PCI function, dev_id should not be used,
since its purpose is for IPv6 support on interfaces with the same MAC
address.
The new dev_port sysfs attribute should be used instead of dev_id.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ CHANGES WITH 215: path for the primary architecture of the system), and a couple of drop-in directories. + * udev's predictable network interface names now use the dev_port + sysfs attribute, introduced in linux 3.15 instead of dev_id to + distinguish between ports of the same PCI function. dev_id should + only be used for ports using the same HW address, hence the need + for dev_port. + CHANGES WITH 214: * As an experimental feature, udev now tries to lock the |