From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] call for testers: udev predictable network interface names
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:08:55 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_ka2ohcKud1Hrekz7gsOTUx-rqHndSK3F9veLhBccFFwQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130115185856.GA22785@kroah.com>
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@gentoo.org> wrote:
> And it's not udev that could rename the interface (hint, it wouldn't),
> it's the kernel, it _never_ guarantees the same interface "name" every
> time you boot. You might just be getting lucky, but really, PCI busses
> can be enumerated in different ways, USB devices can come and go and
> initialize sometimes slower one boot from another, and lots of other
> things can happen.
Not that anybody is taking requests, but it would be really handy if
serial ports were deterministically labeled.
I ended up having to hack my udev rules to hard-code a symlink a USB
serial device to a specific hardware USB port. It has broken once or
twice over the years, but has otherwise been reliable. Otherwise, if
you have more than one USB serial interface there is no way to know
which one will end up with what minor number, which is a bummer if
they aren't hooked up to the same thing.
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-15 23:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-09 22:13 [gentoo-dev] call for testers: udev predictable network interface names William Hubbs
2013-01-09 22:59 ` Christopher Head
2013-01-10 0:13 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-10 0:46 ` Christopher Head
2013-01-12 2:11 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
2013-01-12 17:55 ` Alec Warner
2013-01-12 18:03 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-14 6:04 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
2013-01-14 14:39 ` Peter Stuge
2013-01-14 18:35 ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-15 9:29 ` Debian patching KDE to use /etc for configuration (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: call for testers: udev predictable network interface names) Samuli Suominen
2013-01-15 10:25 ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-15 11:00 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-15 16:19 ` Alec Warner
2013-01-15 19:43 ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-15 20:19 ` Maxim Kammerer
2013-01-15 21:26 ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-16 6:33 ` Alec Warner
2013-01-16 20:34 ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-17 5:36 ` Alec Warner
2013-01-17 15:02 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Debian patching KDE to use /etc for configuration Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-17 15:21 ` Maxim Kammerer
2013-01-17 18:01 ` Debian patching KDE to use /etc for configuration (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: call for testers: udev predictable network interface names) Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-14 19:06 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: call for testers: udev predictable network interface names William Hubbs
2013-01-15 0:25 ` Peter Stuge
2013-01-15 2:48 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-15 13:35 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-13 22:24 ` [gentoo-dev] " Kevin Chadwick
2013-01-14 6:17 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
2013-01-10 4:21 ` [gentoo-dev] " Daniel Campbell
2013-01-10 4:33 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-10 4:36 ` Daniel Campbell
2013-01-10 6:15 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-10 9:22 ` [gentoo-dev] " Nuno J. Silva
2013-01-10 14:01 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-15 8:42 ` Michael Weber
2013-01-15 14:03 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-15 9:16 ` Michael Weber
2013-01-15 13:58 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-15 18:58 ` Greg KH
2013-01-15 23:08 ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2013-01-16 3:42 ` Peter Stuge
2013-01-16 11:36 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-17 2:49 ` Greg KH
2013-01-17 2:55 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-17 14:51 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-21 13:50 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-17 8:48 ` Samuli Suominen
2013-01-16 15:19 ` Tobias Klausmann
2013-01-16 16:25 ` Mike Gilbert
2013-01-16 16:37 ` vivo75
2013-01-16 16:38 ` Michael Weber
2013-01-17 16:48 ` Peter Stuge
2013-01-17 18:44 ` Tobias Klausmann
2013-01-17 22:25 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-18 12:24 ` vivo75
2013-01-18 13:33 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-18 14:54 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-18 15:07 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-19 18:20 ` William Hubbs
2013-01-19 23:13 ` Francesco Riosa
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