On Oct 3, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Bill Nottingham <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" ([email protected]) said: 
>>> Apologies, I haven't had time to do investigation. The note in CommonBugs is
>>> certainly correct as far as anaconda using biosdevname by default still - if
>>> there are other consequences where different names are written to the
>>> interface configuration by anaconda than what are assigned with
>>> udev/systemd, that would exacerbate things further.
>>> 
>> 
>> Should not biosdevice names be dropped from the release now that
>> udev [1] has replaced it's behaviour ?
> 
> (repeating what has been said in these discussions multiple times before)
> 
> Users want to be able to use biosdevname via configuration. Given how
> anaconda and NM interact, that makes it more complicated than just dropping
> it. Hence the patches from upthread.

I guess what I find confusing is when anaconda uses one naming convention in 
its UI, but upon reboot the installed system uses a different naming 
convention. And neither convention helps me know which of two ethernets are 
being used.


Chris Murphy
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