On Fri, 8 May 2015 00:28:44 -0700, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: >Marc Haber wrote: >>I have tried this just last week and have found it kind of >>unsatisfactory that it doesn't work in virtualized environments. For >>example, in a KVM VM with virtio ethernet, the network devices still >>end up in the system as eth0, eth1, eth2. > >As I understand it, that's intentional and expected, for two reasons. >First, because on a virtual machine, the network interfaces are likely >to be more stable, always showing up with the same numbers. And second, >because there's little else to go on when naming them.
That would mean changing local code to _both_ handle en* and eth*, which is (a) a surprise and (b) unsatisfying in _my_ personal opinion. I'd rather have it fully and consistently or not at all. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1yqfgq-0004g4...@swivel.zugschlus.de
