On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 08:22:50PM -0600, David Ahern wrote: > On 8/31/24 6:54 PM, Michael Guralnik wrote: > > $ echo 4 > /sys/class/net/eth2/device/sriov_numvfs > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 6 port 2 netdev 7 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 6 port 3 netdev 8 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 6 port 4 netdev 9 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 6 port 5 netdev 10 > > [REGISTER] dev 7 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 7 port 1 netdev 11 > > [REGISTER] dev 8 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 8 port 1 netdev 12 > > [REGISTER] dev 9 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 9 port 1 netdev 13 > > [REGISTER] dev 10 > > [NETDEV_ATTACH] dev 10 port 1 netdev 14 > > > > at a minimum the netdev output can be device names not indices; I would > expect the same for IB devices (I think that is the `dev N` in the > output) though infrastructure might be needed in iproute2. I understand the request and it is a good one for the users of the tool. However, we will need to remember that "real" users of this monitoring UAPI (from kernel side) are the orchestration tools and they won't care about the names, but about the IDs, which won't be used in rdmatool. Thanks > >
