On 24-08-17, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I stumbled over the new network names (i.e. wl0p8 instead of wlan0), and of > course I know, that this is obviously the newe standard (please correct me, i > I am wrong). > > What I would like to know: Is this new naming scheme an international > standard > on all linux distributions, or is this just a debian thing? At the moment, I > renamed all devices to the old names (wlan0, eth0 and so on), as I many tools > are still want the old names (however, it might be, that these are also not > renewed documentations). > > So, what is the status today? How have people accepted the new names also for > long running systems? > > I think, most people might rename their stuff, just as I did, because they > are > more comfortable with the old names. > > I would be happy for a little bit background information and if I am a > dinosaur with old names. > > Best regards > > Hans > >
Long answer short: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/