On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 18:13:21 -0600 William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> There is a way for users to opt out if we default this to on, but I > think the new naming scheme has advantages over the traditional eth* > wlan* etc names. I think it should be taken with a grain of salt. The page mentions how it lets you replace a failed NIC without losing its name. But given a simple computer with just one NIC, if the NIC fails and is replaced (perhaps by a different type of NIC in a different slot, or perhaps an onboard NIC disabled in the BIOS and replaced by an add-in), the name could change, while the kernel’s automatically assigned name will not: eth0 (this also applies to a computer with one Ethernet NIC and one wifi NIC: eth0 and wlan0). That fact was never mentioned on the wiki page, even though it applies to a heck of a lot of systems. Perhaps something to include when the Gentoo docs are put together, as part of the balance of reasons to choose one way or the other? Chris
