On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Per Jessen
The current enumeration of network interfaces ...
1) overall works very well
You are preaching to the wrong chore. Do you really believe that naming scheme was changed just to annoy users? Please discuss it on linux-hotplug list if you have convincing arguments that it was wrong decision. Linux is not the only operating system where device names changed from release to release.
2) is integrated into everything else 3) corresponds to the style of enumeration we're used to working with in linux
I have wlan0 on my notebook. My customer systems I have to support have bond, vlanXXX and something more. So even now there is no unified "style of enumeration".
3a) corresponds to the style of enumeration used by the manufacturer
Sorry? Who manufactures Linux?
4) is easy to pronounce
For English native speakers. Others may not even know how to pronounce those letters at all.
5) is consistent when one is dealing with multiple systems.
We really ought to retain the option for the user to use the existing scheme of renaming at start up.
Just stick with unified naming space that dies not conflict with kernel one, as was already done for other devices. udev no more supports renaming of sda to sdb. Why it should support renaming of eth0 to eth1? Using net0, net1, etc. It is even easier to pronounce than eth :) Even better would be support for interface aliasing. There were patches floating around. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org