Am 12.07.2017 um 18:58 schrieb Matt Zagrabelny: > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org > <mailto:biebl@debian.org>> wrote: > > Am 12.07.2017 um 17:35 schrieb Marc Haber: > > My finger memory will still type tcpdump -i eth0 before the brain can > > intervene ten years from now. > > thankfully tcpdump (and lots of other tools) have nice shell completion. > tcpdump -i <TAB> works great her. > > > Agreed. However, I'd still rather deal with names like /dev/sda and eth0 > than /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SanDisk_SSD_U100_252GB_122339300522 and en<blah>. > > It is kind of like using people's first names as opposed to their Social > Security Number (in US) or other form of national identification. I know > when I can use the name Matt and I know who it refers to, even if > another Matt enters the room. I'm comfortable with eth0 being the name, > even when another interface appears. > > I completely understand, and largely agree with, the need for persistent > naming - but I think we are selling ourselves and our users short by not > pressing harder for network interface aliases. It seems to be too useful > of a solution for this problem. Indeed, the best solution would be to never rename the interfaces and simply create aliases / symlinks. Then again, I'm no kernel hacker so I have no idea if that would be feasible. I guess Ben is (one of) the most qualified to answer that. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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