[systemd-devel] RFC: Predictable Network Interface Names

[Michael Biebl]

2013/5/22 Ian Pilcher <arequipeno at gmail.com>:
> Did this ever get implemented?  Fedora 19 has predictable interface
> names turned on, and I'm really not looking forward to having to
> clean up the anaconda-created ifcfg- file(s) every time I do a new
> install from now on.
>
> I've Googled, but come up empty on any command-line options that affect
> this feature.

If I look at the relevant udev rule (80-net-name-slot.rules)
I get

IMPORT{cmdline}="net.ifnames"
ENV{net.ifnames}=="0", GOTO="net_name_slot_end"

IMPORT{cmdline} is supposed to import a command line parameter, so I
would try booting with net.ifnames=0.

No need to ask google :-)

Michael


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