On Tue 25 Jun 2019 at 12:01:31 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > For good description of the problem (unpredictable names) and the logic > > behind the chosen solution: > >> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ > > The one thing I can't understand is why we still don't have "network > interface aliases" (equivalent to symlinks), so that systemd can name my > interface enp2s0 *and* eth0 instead of having to choose between those > two, just like it has no problem naming my SSD /dev/sda and > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-FOOBAR (and a bunch of other names as well).
Because disks are mounted into the unix filesystem, which understands links, whereas interfaces are not special files. I would imagine the kernel is going to have to be persuaded to support this sort of alias. Cheers, David.
