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Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com> writes: |
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> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 9:07 PM, lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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>> Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com> writes: |
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>>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> It is even more frustrating that these so-called predictable network |
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>>>> names actually can change on a reboot, it's happened to me more than |
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>>>> once when multiple network cards are detected in a different order. |
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>>>>From Kay Sievers in [1]: |
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>>> <BEGIN> |
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>>> Btw, predictable means it will not change between reboots, that names |
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>>> will not depend on enumeration order within the same setup. It does |
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>>> not mean or promise, that added kernel/driver/firmware features will |
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>>> not result in different names. That is expected behavior. |
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>>> </END> |
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>>> [1] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-October/034614.html |
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>> So the names will not change when rebooting and are to be expected to |
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>> possibly change at any time. |
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>> How is that more reliable? |
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> It's more reliable than using the kernel's names because the names |
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> won't change UNLESS there's kernel/driver/firmware change for that |
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> NIC. I doubt that these changes occur that often. Perhaps someone else |
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> knows. |
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What happens more often: That a network card is replaced with a |
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different one or that the software changes? |
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