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Temat: Re: [DNG] Proposed change in behaviour for ascii: eudev net.ifnames logic reversing proposal
El 20/08/17 a les 16:48, Lars Noodén ha escrit:
> On 08/20/2017 04:38 PM, Daniel Reurich wrote:
>> We discussed a few weeks back in a dev meeting whether or not to revert
>> to jessie like naming scheme for ethernet interfaces by default.
>
> My only interest would be consistency: that the same physical device
> always gets the same name, even if some of them come and go. Other than
> that, I'm rather indifferent as to what they are called.
>
> On routers and servers that I have run with Debian or Devuan, the setup
> rarely changes. So there I feel it is not as much of an issue, as long
> as the names end up consistent across reboots, updates, and eventual
> upgrades.
>
> However, on notebooks that I have run with Debian or Devuan, a single
> machine can rotate through three or more Ethernet devices each with
> different characteristics, any or all of which can sometimes be
> connected concurrently.
>
> /Lars
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Note the importance of matintaining consistency between initrd and GNU
environment.
In Debian 9: What in initrd is called "ens3" in user environment is seen
as "ens3" (OK)
In Devuan 1: What in initrd is called "eth0" in user environment is seen
as "eth0" (OK)