Messages in this thread | | | From | "K, Narendra" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 0/1] Use of /sys/bus/pci/devices/ …/index for non-SMBIOS platforms | Date | Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:22:22 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 7:29 PM > To: K, Narendra > Cc: Viktor Mihajlovski; Stefan Raspl; Peter Oberparleiter; linux- > netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-pci@vger.kernel.org; linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-s390@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [PATCH 0/1] Use of /sys/bus/pci/devices/…/index for non-SMBIOS > platforms > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Hi Narendra, Hi All, > > According to Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci you are responsible for > the index device attribute that is used by systemd to create network interface > names. > > Now we would like to reuse this attribute for firmware provided PCI device > index numbers on the s390 architecture which doesn't have SMBIOS/DMI nor > ACPI. All code changes are within our architecture specific code but I'd like to > get some Acks for this reuse. I've sent an RFC version of this patch on 15th of > March with the subject: > > s390/pci: expose a PCI device's UID as its index > > but got no response.
Hi Niklas,
Sorry, I missed responding to the RFC sent earlier.
> Would it be okay to re-use this attribute for essentially > the same purpose but with index numbers provided by a different platform > mechanism?
I will go through the request above and provide comments in two or three days.
With regards, Narendra K
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