Am 08.05.2015 um 18:31 schrieb Karsten Merker: > while this probably works resonably well for (semi-)fixed devices > like onboard-NICs and PCI/PCIe cards, it results in a completely > unsuitable behaviour with pluggable devices such as USB network > adapters. When using ifnames, the interface name depends on the > USB port into which the device is currently plugged and the > interface name changes when one uses a USB hub or plugs the > device into another host port. This would mean that a user would > always have to plug his USB network device into the same port > that was used during initial setup to keep it working, and > one-off use of a USB hub would require changing the network > configuration. Despite the problems of the MAC-based system > that we use currently, the ifnames method appears way worse > to me than what we have now.
ifnames is rather flexible. You can also use NamePolicy=mac [1] if you prefer. Cheers, Michael [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.link.html#NamePolicy= -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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