netdev - Re: PATCH: Network Device Naming mechanism and policy

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:06:37 -0600
From:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
To:	Narendra_K@...l.com, bryan@...zban.is-a-geek.net, dannf@...com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, Jordan_Hargrave@...l.com,
	Charles_Rose@...l.com, Sandeep_K_Shandilya@...l.com
Subject: Re: PATCH: Network Device Naming mechanism and policy

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:49:21AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Nov 04, Narendra_K@...l.com wrote:
> 
> > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
> > ATTR{smbios_name}=="Embedded_NIC_1", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
> > NAME="eth0".
> As a distribution developer I highly value solutions like this which do
> not require patching every application which deals with interface names
> and then teaching users about aliases which only work in some places and
> are unknown to the kernel.

Fair enough - but would you object if we changed the naming scheme
from eth%d to something else?

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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