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On 01/09/2013 04:13 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> All, |
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> as you probably know by now, udev-197 has hit the tree. |
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> This new version implements a new feature called predictable |
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> network interface names [1], which I have currently turned off for |
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> live systems, because it will require migration on the part of the |
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> user. |
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> When you upgrade to this new version of udev, you will find a file |
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> /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules on your system. It |
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> currently has comments explaining what is happening. |
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> As long as this file is in place, this feature is not activated. |
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> That is why there is not a news item. If you do nothing, nothing |
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> changes. |
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> What I would like to do is find some people who are willing to |
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> migrate and report any issues they find. |
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> I would like this to be the default for everyone at some point, so |
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> I want to document the migration process and find out if there are |
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> any bugs in tools because they expect the eth* names. |
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> Thoughts? |
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> William |
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> [1] |
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> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames |
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So long as users retain the choice of keeping eth* or wlan*, no |
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complaints from me. I (and others) came to Gentoo to get away from |
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systemd, and this smells of a systemd-ism. Will eudev be pursuing this |
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as well? |
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