On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:36:23 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:

On 8/29/19 4:37 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:27:17 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:  

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When the netdev gets a new name from userland, pass that name
down to the NIC for internal tracking.

Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <redacted>  

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.