Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/3] seg6: SRv6 L2 VPN with End.DT2U and srl2 device

[Justin Iurman]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM Stefano Salsano
<stefano.salsano@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Il 24/03/2026 17:00, Justin Iurman ha scritto:
> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> this RFC series adds support for the SRv6 End.DT2U behavior and
> >> introduces the srl2 Ethernet pseudowire device, together with
> >> corresponding selftests.
> >
> > Hi Andrea,
> >
> > Thanks for the work you (and Stefano) put into this series! As
> > discussed offline, there is interest in such a solution.
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> thx for your interest!
>
> > A general comment: I'm not sure about the name "srl2", as we're
> > talking about SRv6 specifically here.
>
> fair point
>
> > I would personally love to have
> > "l2srv6", although I suspect we may end up with "l2seg6" to remain
> > consistent.
>
> I'd like to keep it as short as possible, our initial idea was seg6l2,
> very close to your last suggestion, then we opted for srl2 losing the
> "6" concept
>
> now it comes to my mind that l2 is somehow redudant in an interface type
> name, as an interface is an l2 concept per se, so my preferred option
> becomes:
>
> sr6
>
> (short and memorable...)
>
> as an alternative seg6 can work but I strongly prefer sr6

Hi Stefano,

Makes sense, both would work for me FWIW. Let's see if others have opinions.

Thanks,
Justin