Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: call for testers: udev predictable network interface names

[William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 06:04:01AM +0000, Steven J. Long wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 William Hubbs wrote:
> > Steven J. Long wrote:
> > > If you're certain that every user with a current simple setup, who
> > > uses the kernel default names, and has such a firewall setup isn't
> > > going to suddenly find their interface name changed when they reboot,
> > > fair play to you. If not, allow the admin to opt-in, rather than force
> > > them to opt-out when something breaks.
> > 
> > The following is taken from the wiki:
> > 
> > You basically have three options: 
> <3 options that all require an admin opt-in to keep their existing
>  config running>
> 
> There you go: the exact wrong way to do it. As Poettering might say:
> "C'mon man, seriously? (whiny voice and pleading looks)"

If you have read this thread at all, you see that when you upgrade to
udev-197, I create a file, /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules on
your system.

Now, go and compare that fact to the wiki page and tell me if I'm not
setting you up to be opted out of this by default.

There is a separate issue, which is new installs. I have a bug opened
with the docs team and release engineering to discuss whether we want
the new names for new installs.

William


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