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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, coreteam@netfilter.org,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com,
	john.fastabend@gmail.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
	vyasevic@redhat.com, jiri@resnulli.us, vfalico@gmail.com,
	therbert@google.com, edumazet@google.com,
	yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, jmorris@namei.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru,
	kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu, kaber@trash.net, pablo@netfilter.org,
	kay@vrfy.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make predictable/persistent network interface names more handy
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:47:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54B2FD73.7070208@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150111144236.1b693c93@urahara>

Am 11.01.2015 um 23:42 schrieb Stephen Hemminger:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:52:48 +0100
> Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
> 
>> Since the Linux distribution of my choice makes use of
>> predictable network interface names[0] my USB gadgets
>> are no longer usb0 but enp0s29u1u2. Same for all other network devices.
>> While I can fully understand that this new naming scheme makes sense
>> for a lot of people and makes their work easier it does not really work for me.
>> My brain is not able to remember that my Beaglebone's USB-Ethernet
>> is now enp0s29u1u2. Even after looking at the output of ifconfig
>> I have to copy&paste the interface name.
>> Instead of just disabling the feature I thought about
>> a generic solution which satisfies both needs.
> 
> Fix your distro. Easier said than done.

Sorry for using a mainstream distro. :-)

> Current systemd names are much shorter

Hmm, are you sure? When was this changed?
Maybe I misread http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c

Thanks,
//richard

  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-11 22:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-11 20:52 [RFC] Make predictable/persistent network interface names more handy Richard Weinberger
2015-01-11 20:52 ` [PATCH 1/3] net: Make interface aliases available for general usage Richard Weinberger
2015-01-11 22:40   ` Stephen Hemminger
2015-01-11 22:43     ` Richard Weinberger
2015-01-11 20:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] x_tables: Use also dev->ifalias for interface matching Richard Weinberger
2015-01-12 16:04   ` Eric Dumazet
2015-01-12 16:12     ` Richard Weinberger
2015-01-12 16:32     ` Jan Engelhardt
2015-01-12 16:46       ` Eric Dumazet
     [not found]     ` <1425960.ovH4s7sjue@rofl>
2015-01-12 16:51       ` Eric Dumazet
2015-01-12 17:19         ` Patrick Schaaf
2015-01-12 17:22           ` Patrick McHardy
2015-01-12 17:41             ` Patrick Schaaf
2015-01-11 20:52 ` [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname_compare() Richard Weinberger
2015-01-11 20:59   ` Joe Perches
2015-01-11 21:02     ` Richard Weinberger
2015-01-11 21:14       ` Joe Perches
2015-01-11 21:30         ` Richard Weinberger
2015-01-11 21:39           ` Joe Perches
2015-01-11 21:42             ` Richard Weinberger
2015-01-12  2:50               ` David Miller
2015-01-12  8:18                 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-01-12  8:40                   ` Joe Perches
2015-01-11 22:23           ` Jan Engelhardt
2015-01-11 22:42 ` [RFC] Make predictable/persistent network interface names more handy Stephen Hemminger
2015-01-11 22:47   ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2015-01-11 22:51   ` Richard Weinberger

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