On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 04:49:35PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > 3. Name assignment mechanism > Disks: kernel suggests a name; udev can assign any number > ???Net devices: kernel assigns a single name; udev can override it > > 4. Default name assignment policy > Disks: names disk by device path (id), label and UUID > ???Net devices: assigns arbitrary stable names per (MAC address, subtype) > > 5. Naming by users > Disks: user can identify by any method without having to choose on a > system-wide basis > Net devices: user must identify by single name; policy can be overridden > on a system-wide basis > > I fully understand the technical reasons for differences 3-5, but why > should users have to put up with it? That is because network devices are not referred to by /dev/ nodes where multiple symlinks would solve the naming problem. thanks, greg k-h -- 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
