* Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> [2008-04-24 16:44]: > 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.
Agree strongly. - Stephen -- sch at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
