On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 10:47 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 09:58:48PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 11:05:00AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:25:25PM +0530, Narendra_K@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > This patch allows users to specify if they want the onboard network > > > > interfaces to be renamed to lomN by implementing a command line param > > > > 'udevlom'. > > > > > > Ick ick ick. > > > > > > Why not do this in some other configuration file? Don't rely on udev > > > being started with a different option, that is only ripe for abuse by > > > everyone else who wants their pet-project to get into the udev > > > environment. > > > > > > Please, surely there's a different way to do this. > > > > At Linux Plumbers Conference today, this problem space was discussed > > once again, and I believe concensus on approach was reached. Here > > goes: > > > > * 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) > > I'm getting a lot of pushback from Dell customers on our > linux-poweredge mailing list (thread starts [1]) that the choice of > name "lomX" is poor, due to HP's extensive use of LOM meaning Lights > Out Management, rather than my intended meaning of "LAN on > Motherboard". Gotta hate TLA collisions. > > So, I'm open to new ideas for naming these. At LPC, Ted noted that > 2- and 3-letter names are expected. "nic[1234]" or "en[1234]" ? [...] I would suggest avoiding "nic" since some people use "NIC" to mean specifically an add-in card rather than LOM. In addition there is some ambiguity with multi-port cards/controllers of whether NIC means a controller or a port. Other options for the prefix: - "lan". Maybe too generic. - "mbe" = MotherBoard Ethernet. Looks a bit like "GbE" as some OEMs put on the port labels. - "eom" = Ethernet On Motherboard Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- 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
