From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Weinberger Subject: Re: [RFC] Make predictable/persistent network interface names more handy Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:47:15 +0100 Message-ID: <54B2FD73.7070208@nod.at> References: <1421009571-5279-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <20150111144236.1b693c93@urahara> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 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: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150111144236.1b693c93@urahara> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org Am 11.01.2015 um 23:42 schrieb Stephen Hemminger: > 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. 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