On 10/01/16 18:48, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> Forwarded to dng
>
> On 10/01/2016, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
>> On 09/01/2016, shraptor <shraptor@???> wrote:
>>> On 2016-01-09 19:17, Anto wrote:
>>> eth0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
>>> wlan0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
>>
>> I think,
>>
>> this is a good idea to implement a package that creates this mapping
>> file so that old school GNU/Linux is not broken by this 'brilliant new
>> idea' of assigning so called predictable network device names. I would
>> try to implement this as another package but I need guidance as I
>> still have to learn how "eth0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" is obtained and
>> what rules are used to assign ethN or wlanN to it.
>>
>> Give me guidance and I can try to create a new package that does the
>> above. I have a feeling that this is something I can do.
>>
>> Edward
>>

Or we could just package up the old udev rules that used to be used to
generate the names...

Daniel.


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