[systemd-devel] persistent network device names

[Keller, Jacob E]

On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 21:12 +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> В Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:52:59 +0000
> "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller at intel.com> пишет:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am working with a network device that can create virtual function
> > devices. When I create a large (>8) vfs for this device I get some
> > weird device names,
> > 
> > If I create 64 vfs, I see something like:
> > 
> > ens8
> > ens8f[1-7]
> > ens8s[1-7]
> > enp8s[1-7]f[1-7]
> > 
> 
> All those names come directly from kernel. udev does not invent them 
> -
> this is exactly what lspci shows. If it does not match lspci, you
> should provide more information.
> 
> > ens8f1-64 or something?
> > 
> 
> Then kernel should enumerate them so; you really need to discuss it
> there.

It looks like my issue comes from the "hotplug_slot" stuff, which
overwrites the "enp8s0f0" into "ens8"... that is what causes this dual
-name scheme confusion.

Regards,
Jake