[systemd-devel] when/where was support for assigning "ethX" names removed?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu May 12 18:41:06 UTC 2016



Am 12.05.2016 um 20:34 schrieb Chris Friesen:
> So I guess the question is, how do I rename a device to a name that
> already exists?  (Like supposing I want to swap the names of eth0 and
> eth1.)

you don't - if it works - be lucky - i am on some machines
but you can't do that relieable on many machines

hence name the stuff to ethernet0, ethernet1.. to avoid collisions / 
races with kernel naming

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