Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> writes: > Futhermore predictable network interface names work as designed, not a > single valid bug filed about them. > > Stop spreading FUD.
In what way are network interface names predictable? A new system arrives on your desk, what is the name of the first (or only) Ethernet interface? Under the 'old' system, you know it will be 'eth0'[1]. With the new scheme you do not know until the system is booted. The interface name is (mostly) consistent once you know it, but it is not predictable. [1] On a multi-interface system you may not have known which physical port was eth0, but you knew that one of them was.
