On Wednesday 08/20 at 08:42 +0200, Michal Schmidt wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM Calvin Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
