> At Linux Plumbers Conference today, this problem space was discussed > once again, and I believe concensus on approach was reached. Here > goes: Was the patch a starting point for the discussion. > * If a 70-persistent-net.rules file sets a name, honor that. This > preserves existing installs. > > * If BIOS provides indexes for onboard devices, honor that. > ** Rename onboard NICs "lom[1-N]" as BIOS reports (# matches chassis labels) > ** No rename for all others "ethX" (no change for NICs in PCI slots/USB/others) > > * If neither are true, do not rename at all. I would like to know what is the difference in the nomenclature for this. > > * Implementation will be: > ** Udev rules to be included in upstream udev will read the index > value from sysfs (provided by SMBIOS 2.6 info on kernels >= 2.6.36, > PCI DSM info at some future point) if present, and rename LOMs > based on that index value. Distros will use these rules by default > (Ubuntu and Fedora maintainers on board with the concept; I have > not spoken with other distros yet.) > ** Legacy distros with older udev rules will invoke biosdevname on > kernels < 2.6.36 to get the same information, if present, and will > rename LOMs based on index value. How will you manage these scenarios. -- 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
