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On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 18:13:21 -0600 |
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William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> There is a way for users to opt out if we default this to on, but I |
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> think the new naming scheme has advantages over the traditional eth* |
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> wlan* etc names. |
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I think it should be taken with a grain of salt. The page mentions how |
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it lets you replace a failed NIC without losing its name. But given a |
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simple computer with just one NIC, if the NIC fails and is replaced |
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(perhaps by a different type of NIC in a different slot, or perhaps an |
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onboard NIC disabled in the BIOS and replaced by an add-in), the name |
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could change, while the kernel’s automatically assigned name will not: |
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eth0 (this also applies to a computer with one Ethernet NIC and one |
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wifi NIC: eth0 and wlan0). That fact was never mentioned on the wiki |
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page, even though it applies to a heck of a lot of systems. Perhaps |
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something to include when the Gentoo docs are put together, as part of |
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the balance of reasons to choose one way or the other? |
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Chris |
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