Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 05/10] livecdfs-update.sh: remove net.eth[1234] symlinks

[Ben Kohler <bkohler@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 2:40 PM Christian Iwata Nilsson
<nikize@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Don't know if it applies, but I always start systems (and livecds) without the (un)predictablenetworknames brokenness. So that it is always ethx and nothing else.
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> So before removing this, I would like to ask to please ensure that scenario keeps working.

Replying from my other email address here due to firewall issues--

I'm not stopping you from using ethX interface names.

By default our livecds start a dhcpcd instance to autoconfigure any
interface with a link detected, my change won't affect that behavior.
If dhcpcd autoconfig is not suitable, our docs point you to net-setup
for manual configuration, my change won't affect that behavior either.

If you decide to go a 3rd route and use netifrc, you will need to
manually create the net.ethX link(s).  Users with
default/"predictable" interface names already would have to do this.

Are you sure you're actually affected by my change?

Thanks,
Ben