Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent
Nicolas George wrote:
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> Le septidi 17 messidor, an CCXXIV, Dan Purgert a =E9crit=A0:
>> As I recall it ...
>>=20
>> - prefix ("en" | "wl") indicates whether it's [e]ther[n]et or [wl]an. =
>=20
>> - p# indicates the PCI Bus it's on
>> - s# indicates the slot on that PCI Bus
>>=20
>> it's all part of the "new" udev/systemd naming, because it's "better"
>> (IMO, "better" would've been locking the devices as they do, but keeping
>> eth0 / wlan0 / etc naming conventions). Thankfully, you can tell udev
>> to shove off, and keep the names as "eth#" and "wlan#" if you so choose.
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> I think the point of the new naming scheme is not to have people use them
> but to give admins a well needed kick in the arse so that they will
> actually CHOOSE a name instead of relying on the
> automatically-generated kernel name.
No, the whole udev thing is to keep the kernel from doing weird things
with device naming on boot (such as swapping eth0 for eth1). I've never
seen it happen with network cards myself, unless I had physically messed
with things (e.g. swap cards around because I needed to move everything
down a slot, but took the opportunity to clean out the motherboard, and
forgot the card order).
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