On 23 Apr 2008, at 15:12, Shawn Walker wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Peter Memishian > <peter.memishian at sun.com> wrote: >> >> Folks, >> >> As some of you may be aware, Clearview Nemo Unification and Vanity >> Naming >> integrated into Nevada build 83. Among other advantages, the "vanity >> naming" feature allows us to finally[1] move away from the current >> chipset >> alphabet soup we have for network interface names, and instead >> standardize >> on simple names like net0/net1. For more background, see: >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/uv/ >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/uv/howto >> >> In Nevada, backward compatibility concerns have stopped us from >> changing >> the default naming convention, so one is still stuck with >> unintelligible >> names like e1000g2. However, Indiana's experimental nature seems >> to make >> it an ideal vehicle for making such a change, and its target userbase >> seems suited for benefitting from such a change (e.g., networking >> procedures aimed at new adoptees could simply assume the first >> network >> interface is net0, rather than using placeholder interface names). >> >> Thoughts? > > "Brilliant!" > > If you ask me, this is a prime opportunity to make things a little > friendlier for folks coming from the GNU/Linux world. > > We could name the interfaces eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3, etc. > > That would certainly make things easier on new users/developers coming > from that background. > > I personally prefer the more generic net0, net1, net2, etc. but the > former is far more welcoming for transitioning users. > > -- > Shawn Walker > > "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - > Robert Orben
I may be out of hype but somewhat the interface names that let you recognise what kind of network hardware is behind it seem much friendlier to me. Especialy in the case of something not working and you wandering the mailing lists and irc in search for help ;) Michal Bielicki OpenSolaris Core Contributor Software Porters Community Leader
