On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:58:09 +0530 <Narendra_K@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:49:15 +0530 > > <Narendra_K@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > The installer solution involved renaming the network interface names > > > from ethN to something else based on the naming convention that the > > user > > > specified. For example, if the user chose "smbios names" as the the > > > naming convention then all ethN would be renamed to Embedded_NIC_N. > > > ifconfig would show Embedded_NIC_N instead of ethN. > > > > Renaming away from ethN causes some applications like net-snmp to get > > confused, > > and others have special sorting rules based on existing model (like > > quagga). > > > > I would argue that the "ethN" convention is part of existing system > > ABI and should not get changed in a visible way to applications. > > Stephen, > > Thanks. What are your views on the current proposal we are making where > ethN names are not changed (or renamed) and libnetdevname would suggest > alias names for the ethN names ( and also alias to ethN names) in user > space. Applications like ip, ethtool etc can use these aliases, make > calls to libnetdevname and get the ethN name. > > Libnetdevname would read from sysfs the smbios names of the network > interface devices as Jordan mentioned > (/sys/class/net/ethX/device/smbiosname). Would this be acceptable ? I have no need or use for them, but if it doesn't break other things then sure. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
