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Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> writes: |
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> Futhermore predictable network interface names work as designed, not a |
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> single valid bug filed about them. |
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> Stop spreading FUD. |
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In what way are network interface names predictable? A new system |
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arrives on your desk, what is the name of the first (or only) Ethernet |
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interface? Under the 'old' system, you know it will be 'eth0'[1]. With |
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the new scheme you do not know until the system is booted. The interface |
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name is (mostly) consistent once you know it, but it is not predictable. |
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[1] On a multi-interface system you may not have known which physical |
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port was eth0, but you knew that one of them was. |
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