On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Jason J. W. Williams <jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote: > It seems to me Linux folks would prefer ethX naming, and Solaris folks > don't have a problem with the current naming (although trying to > remember that nge and nxge are not even remotely related is kind of > archaic). In that respect, it would almost seem worthwhile to have an > option on a clean Indiana install: > > + Network Device Naming + > (*) Linux Style (default) > ( ) Solaris Style > > I guess my opinion on netX is a different from a couple of days ago > when it seemed like a good idea. Now it just seems like it would > confuse both camps and not make anybody happy. > > Heck, we're using Clearview already to name NICs after the VLAN > shortname we use internally. So it doesn't really matter for our > environment if its netX.
I think wherever possible we should avoid options like this during installation. I would rather pick "the best overall solution" that leaves some folks unhappy than complicate our installer. However, it might be interesting to have a tool post-install that let you "rename" all the interfaces based on a policy. -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
