Bug#881771: Unclear which interface name will be used
On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:05:05 +0100
Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > In the release notes, there's a udevadm command which is supposed to
> > tell us what the new interface name will be, but I had some trouble
> > interpreting the output.
> >
> > wooledg:~$ udevadm test-builtin net_id /sys/class/net/eno1
> > 2>/dev/null ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v240
> > ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enxa08cfdc389e0
> > ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=Hewlett Packard
> > ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=eno1
> > ID_NET_LABEL_ONBOARD=enOnboard Lan
> > ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp0s31f6
>
> Adding a "| grep ID_NET_NAME" would still leave three hits; is it
> worth the extra complication?
No. At least not for me because I'd still be confused as to
which ID_NET_NAME* will be used.
Regards,
Karl <kop@karlpinc.com>
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