Re: New nomeclature of ethernet devices
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 08:46:28AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On a single computer with any number of interfaces of any type, the new
> names are 100% predictable from one boot to the next. (At least assuming
> you don't change which slot a given network device is connected to; IIRC
> that can change the assigned name, in at least some cases.)
At least one person in IRC reported that their interface name changed
after a motherboard firmware upgrade. So, that's another thing to
watch for.
Debian's defaults are a bit baffling sometimes. They assumed a mobile
device when they decided to put "allow-hotplug" on your wired ethernet
interfaces, which breaks everything under the sun on traditional
servers or workstations in a work environment.
And then they assumed a multiple-interface server when they decided to
use "net.ifnames=1" in stretch.
So I guess the full assumed target for a Debian installation is a mobile
laptop server with multiple removable ethernet interfaces, which is
not starting any network services at boot time. (And doesn't need any
non-free firmware to do its job.)
I'm sure such a machine exists somewhere in the universe....
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