Hi Tomas, > The moniker for that is "predictable interface names". And you > seem to assume that there hasn't been a discussion. > > This being Debian, there sure has been one, you just didn't > notice :-) > Might be, but this does not explain, why there are still scripts and configurations, which are still using the old names. And THAT is the problem.
> The default (Debian /has/ to settle for one default, since many > people installing Debian don't know or care what an interface > name is, let alone what the heck a /predictable interface name/ > is), is "predictable interface names". > Yes, I wrote about it. And I also told my opinion about it: If people shall use it, why change to predictable names? That makes no sense. > Since not everyone wants or likes that default, you can override > it: just just add net.ifnames=0 to your linux commandline (e.g. > in /etc/default/grub, like so [1]: > I did so some time, but I changed to the new names. However, looks like I have to go back, due to the problems I mentioned. BTW: After an upgrade there suddenly appeared a new line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="net.ifnames=0" in /etc/default/grub, without my intervention! Who added this line??? > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="net.ifnames=0" > > don't forget to run update-grub afterwards, ask here if unsure, > proceed with care, etc. etc.). Of course. :) > > Cheers > > [1] > https://wiki.debian.org/NewInStretch#If_you_install_fresh_instead_of_upgrad > ing... You do read the release notes, don't you? ;-) > -- t IMO the handling of names is still half-baked and we should have a look at it. Best Hans
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