Marvin Renich wrote: > * Martin Pitt <mp...@debian.org> [150509 05:27]: > > TBH, hotpluggable USB network adapters which change all the time sound > > like a corner case in a server world where you have hand-written > > config files referring to interface names. They are of course common > > on the client side, but there stable interface names don't matter at > > all. But see below. > > I disagree that stable interface names do not matter for USB adaptors > for consumer laptops. I have owned two laptops where the on-board WiFi > adaptor was too new to have reliable Linux drivers until 6-12 months > after I purchased them. While waiting for the Linux drivers, I used a > USB WiFi dongle that has good kernel support. I have plugged the > adaptor into different USB ports based on where my laptop was situated > wrt varied surroundings. I suspect (with no real data to back it up) > that the biggest use of USB WiFi dongles on consumer machines is when > the on-board WiFi doesn't work for some reason (too new or broken). In > this case, it is often the main internet connection and a stable name is > important.
Why? What does a stable name matter in the case you mentioned? Were you actually using ifupdown to manage the varied set of wireless networks? Because if not, then the name shouldn't matter. It doesn't seem that difficult to change the NamePolicy for that case. - Josh Triplett -- 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/20150509213628.GA16843@x
