On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 05:55:36PM -0700, Cameron Norman wrote: > On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > > Marvin Renich wrote: > >> * Martin Pitt <mp...@debian.org> [150509 05:27]: > >> > TBH, hotpluggable USB network adapters which change all the time sound > >> > like a corner case in a server world where you have hand-written > >> > config files referring to interface names. They are of course common > >> > on the client side, but there stable interface names don't matter at > >> > all. But see below. > >> > >> I disagree that stable interface names do not matter for USB adaptors > >> for consumer laptops. I have owned two laptops where the on-board WiFi > >> adaptor was too new to have reliable Linux drivers until 6-12 months > >> after I purchased them. While waiting for the Linux drivers, I used a > >> USB WiFi dongle that has good kernel support. I have plugged the > >> adaptor into different USB ports based on where my laptop was situated > >> wrt varied surroundings. I suspect (with no real data to back it up) > >> that the biggest use of USB WiFi dongles on consumer machines is when > >> the on-board WiFi doesn't work for some reason (too new or broken). In > >> this case, it is often the main internet connection and a stable name is > >> important. > > > > Why? What does a stable name matter in the case you mentioned? > > > > Were you actually using ifupdown to manage the varied set of wireless > > networks? Because if not, then the name shouldn't matter. > > Does networkd handle this situation well?
Yes. It has an arbitrary matching mechanism based on various attributes of interfaces and networks. While you *can* match the interface name, you don't need to, and you have many other options. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150510180651.GA11593@x
