[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Use dev_port for the ID of a network device.

[Kay Sievers]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
<cascardo at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 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 when it is found. When
> it is not, using dev_id might work.

I don't see a problem switching this over, but why would we keep using
dev_id if it is not the right thing to use?

Kay