On Saturday 2013-09-28 20:49, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Or, are you saying that we should never need to refer to a network interface by name? That referring to it by IP address should be enough?
The point is that any name (network interfaces or device nodes) could already be a name that the user has statically assigned overruling any default system decisions.
But what about interfaces without IP addresses, such as /dev/rst0?
Since no single identifier works for all people in all cases, that is why there is the possibility to pick them out in multiple ways. Serial number, Make&Model, PCI/USB "path", ...
Wouldn't it be possible to make the "ethX" names predictable across reboots?
Yes, define some static user-endorsed rule like those the systems has so far (in openSUSE) created for us in 70-persistent-net.rules. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org