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

On Wednesday 08/20 at 08:42 +0200, 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

Well, I was relying on the new ixgbe names, and I had to revert them
all in a bunch of configs yesterday after e67a0bc3ed4f :)

Should e67a0bc3ed4f be reverted instead? Why is ixgbe special?

Thanks,
Calvin