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On Mar 31, 2013 7:13 PM, "Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)" <nunojsilva@×××××××.pt> |
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> On 2013-03-31, Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg) <nunojsilva@×××××××.pt> wrote: |
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> > On 2013-03-31, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> On 30/03/13 17:15, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> >>> Ok, just read the new news item and the linked udev-guide wiki page |
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> >> You should probably also read: |
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> >> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/03/predictably-non-persistent-names |
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> >> and: |
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http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/03/predictable-persistently-non-mnemonic-names |
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> > The feeling that I got while reading the first was exactly what the |
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> > second talks about. |
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> > We - from what I understand - had scripts automatically generating the |
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> > name rules from MAC addresses, it's just that they generated stuff like |
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> > ethX. |
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> > Can't we just keep these scripts around (even if this was something |
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> > provided by upstream and we would have to forge a new incarnation)? |
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> > I mean, IMHO, net0, wl0, ... are much easier to deal with and understand |
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> > than something physically-based. They also avoid problems caused by |
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> > moving these cards around, or changes in the kernel drivers or BIOS, or |
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> > BIOS settings that eventually end up exposing cards in a different way. |
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> > The problem with the old approach was *just* the name clash that |
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> > rendered the hacky approach unreliable. Maybe we could just fix the |
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> > issue by using non-clashing namespaces, instead of pushing a completely |
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> > different (and possibly less reliable) naming scheme by default. |
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> Ok, after some chat on IRC, it seems that upstream made it rather |
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> non-trivial to have something like the old rule-generator, and that's |
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> why we can't simply move that from, e.g., ethX to, say, netX. |
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> Nuno Silva (aka njsg) |
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> http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/ |
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Since it's obvious that upsteam has this "my way or the highway" mentality, |
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I'm curious about whether eudev (and mdev) exhibits the same behavior... |
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Rgds, |
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