Hi! I think this should be fine. ifname= uses udev to rename the device and udev will not rename the device later again.
Lukas pá 13. 9. 2024 v 19:14 odesílatel Thomas HUMMEL <thomas.hum...@pasteur.fr> napsal: > Hello, > > Using systemd-udev-239-74 (RHEL 8.8), I wonder if, if one sets the > ethernet device name with ifname=foobar:<mac address> passed to > initialramfs (dracut) this name is at "risk" to be renamed in the real > root fs according to systemd-udevd.service naming schemes and link name > policy which, on RHEL 8.8. is NamePolicy=kernel database onboard slot path > ? > > I'm not sure about the 'keep' algorithm and if or when it's applied and > which is the only thing which make me think the answer to my question > would be 'no' > > The idea is to know if one could drop into the real root fs a static > network config referencing this device name initially set with ifname= > > Thanks for your help > > -- > Thomas HUMMEL > HPC Group > Institut PASTEUR > Paris, FRANCE > >
