From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [RFC] Make predictable/persistent network interface names more handy Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:42:36 -0800 Message-ID: <20150111144236.1b693c93@urahara> References: <1421009571-5279-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 To: Richard Weinberger Return-path: Received: from mail-pd0-f175.google.com ([209.85.192.175]:36361 "EHLO mail-pd0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750884AbbAKWmu (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:42:50 -0500 Received: by mail-pd0-f175.google.com with SMTP id g10so27261544pdj.6 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:42:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1421009571-5279-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:52:48 +0100 Richard Weinberger 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. Current systemd names are much shorter P.s: ifconfig is deprecated.