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Re: Discussion? New names of betwork devices



On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:53:33 -0600
ghe <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:

>
> The powers that be are calling my Ethernet devices enp6s0 and enp7s0.
> I guess enp (EtherNet Port) is OK. But 6 and 7 aren't. There are only
> two of them, and numbers on my computers don't start at 6.

The 'p' is for PCI, and they are numbered for their PCI bus position.
Hence the hope that the name will never change.

-- 
Joe


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