Re: Predictable Network Interface Names
On Wednesday, 30 March 2022 18:31:36 EDT Michael Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 06:19:17PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >It's like you haven't even read this thread.
>
> of course I have
>
> >Predictable interface names *do* sometimes change. And when that
> >happens, it's a huge deal, because all of the configuration files are
> >set up for the old name. Things break, in an extremely visible way.
>
> And they also broke before the predictable name scheme! And they can
> break if you lock names to MAC addresses! There are always ways things
> can break. If they break in an extremely visible way that's actually a
> good thing--the impact of simple interface reordering can be much more
> severe. And when they do break, the fix is generally pretty
> straightforward (that is, not such a big deal as to justify the bytes
> wasted complaining about it).
>
> >This is not some theoretical issue. This is real.
>
> It's also real that for the majority of systems it works fine. Why are
> you so invested in denying that reality?
>
Perhaps because to the OP, it is a big deal, being locked away from the
info that makes it and easy fix. I'm one that that fairly numerous crowd
who has suffered thru fixing that, but from reading the mail for 20 some
years, I've learned that complaining is a waste of time, the coder are
gonna do it their way regardless of the crowd wanting blood. So I don't,
until this attitude pushes my button.
Take care and stay well, thats more important than complaining to a stone
wall today.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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