[systemd-devel] Question about the default value of NamePolicy=

[Francis Moreau]

Hello,

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> AFAIK, "onboard" and (hotplug) "slot" names are mutually exclusive, so their
> relative ordering isn't that important... but if the firmware marks a device
> as on-board *and* also provides a slot number, then it's more likely that
> the slot# is garbage.
>

Thanks for the info.

> Both "onboard" and "slot" are preferred over "path" because they're shorter
> and more descriptive (as long as the firmware provides correct values). The
> path, being based on PCI bus addressing, doesn't say much to most people --
> at best, it's just a stable identifier. (For example, my server's integrated
> NIC port #1 is better named "eno1", not "enp3s0f0".)
>

"path" can also run onto problem when adapters are replaced by new
ones with multiple ports for example.

Would "onboard" or "slot" be a better alternative for such case ?

Thanks.
-- 
Francis