On 09/28/2013 11:12 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 28/09/13 12:13, Carlos E. R. escribió:
It's in order to ensure *predictable* NIC names across reboots. My computers have been reliably using eth0 for decades. argumentum ad antiquitatem that is called.
For instance, now a script that used eth0 would have to be edited for each computer. The script is well.. wrong..making asumptions about interface names.
How would one make reference to the third Ethernet interface in a box that has five? You have to call it something, and changing the name without good reason sounds like something for-profit operating systems would do. 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? But what about interfaces without IP addresses, such as /dev/rst0? Wouldn't it be possible to make the "ethX" names predictable across reboots? Or am I missing something? Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org