From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D35138010 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8807E0F53; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:55:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BFD4E0F2F for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:55:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B80C48008D for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:55:00 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:55:00 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [Bulk] [gentoo-user] Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes Message-ID: <20130331205500.292878cd@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20130331154009.73dd7363@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk> References: <515701AE.9010509@libertytrek.org> <20130331154009.73dd7363@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0-156-gf9f793 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/GlCSGPrZJKuE0aP2p3LFPAT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 129d770e-9fe4-449a-b1ce-f6b505a9f884 X-Archives-Hash: b69c1c53e2f231599fea9a4f1723d6df --Sig_/GlCSGPrZJKuE0aP2p3LFPAT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:40:09 +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > > instead of pushing a completely > > different (and possibly less reliable) naming scheme by default. =20 >=20 > Whilst I wouldn't want them changing on me (though if your physically > changing the pci slot then you should be able to handle the number > change). What about USB network adaptors? A user may not even realise they plugged it into a different USB slot from last time, yet the device name changes. --=20 Neil Bothwick "B?#$^f," said Pooh, as line noise garbled his transmission. --Sig_/GlCSGPrZJKuE0aP2p3LFPAT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlFYlJQACgkQum4al0N1GQO+/ACfR38hz7a2qiD+MzZJcmYu4UJR HmkAnRhGIDGS2uDh1I1RE52FLzqeQxAM =DWax -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GlCSGPrZJKuE0aP2p3LFPAT--