Re: [PATCH] pci-hyperv: Use device serial number as PCI domain

From	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] pci-hyperv: Use device serial number as PCI domain
Date	2017-02-17 19:00 +0100
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:10:11 +0000
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> wrote:

> This allows PCI domain numbers starts with 1, and also unique
> on the same VM. So names, such as VF NIC names, that include
> domain number as part of the name, can be shorter than that
> based on part of bus UUID previously. The new names will also
> stay same for VMs created with copied VHD and same number of
> devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>

Looks like a good solution to persistent names.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>

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Re: [PATCH] pci-hyperv: Use device serial number as PCI domain Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> - 2017-02-17 19:00 +0100

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