Re: [PATCH net] i40e: Prevent unwanted interface name changes

On 8/20/25 08:42, Michal Schmidt wrote:

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM Calvin Owens [off-list ref] wrote:

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The same naming regression which was reported in ixgbe and fixed in
commit e67a0bc3ed4f ("ixgbe: prevent from unwanted interface name
changes") still exists in i40e.

Fix i40e by setting the same flag, added in commit c5ec7f49b480
("devlink: let driver opt out of automatic phys_port_name generation").

Fixes: 9e479d64dc58 ("i40e: Add initial devlink support")

But this one's almost two years old. By now, there may be more users
relying on the new name than on the old one.
Michal

And, more importantly, noone was complaining on the new name ;)