On Sat 04 Mar 2023 at 01:02:54 (-0500), Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 6:10 PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 05:45:54PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > > The 'p' is a pci bus, the 's' is a slot number. Since the interface
> > > does not move around once installed, the interface will always have
> > > the same name like 'enp4s0'.
> >
> > That's a wonderful idea, but it doesn't quite work in practice. There are
> > ways that a "predictable" interface name may change. A BIOS/firmware
> > upgrade can do it. Adding or removing devices can also do it, in
> > some cases. They don't even have to be network interfaces.
>
> Yeah, that's udev and systemd screwing things up.
Not really. You've got plenty of choice:
net.ifnames=0, biosdevname=0 (on Dell), and
NamePolicy={kernel,database,onboard,slot,path,mac,keep}
Who could want more?
Cheers,
David.
