> > This makes them pretty comparable to LABELs on disks, and we have a > > /dev/disk/by-label > > > > Remember that udev already supports symlink stacking, and priorities > > and such. > > > > I don't think there's any danger of supporting a /dev/netdev/by-mac by > > > default, it'll be a benefit to most and those who don't have unique > > MACs will just ignore it. > > At the moment, we do not appear to get the proper change uevents from > things like 'ip link set dev <foo> address <bar>', so we can't currently > maintain these symlinks. > I have observed that the kernel does generate a "move" event when interfaces are renamed. Looks like udev at present doesn't handle this event, but i suppose it could be extended to hanlde this event. With regards, Narendra K -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
