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On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:56 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 04:15:50 +0100, lee wrote: |
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>> The perceived advantage lies in being able to refer to network ports |
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>> in a more reliable way, and I don't see how using unrecognisable |
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>> names instead of recognisable ones would make anything easier. |
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> See above re automation. It doesn't really matter whether you see the |
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> need or not. If you don't have the need, don't use it, they are an |
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> option for those who do want them. |
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All of this whining about predictable NIC names would be more or less |
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OK if there wasn't an easy way to override them in |
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"/{lib,etc}/systemd/network/" (even on a non-systemd system, see [1]) |
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or in "/etc/udev/rules.d/"! |
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[1] There's no need to learn/use the udev rules syntax. I use the |
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following in "/etc/systemd/network/" on a Debian 8 system with |
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sysvinit-as-pid1: |
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[Match] |
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MACAddress=can't_be_bothered_to_look_it_up |
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[Link] |
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Name=en0 |
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