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

[Chris Friesen]

On 05/12/2016 12:50 PM, James Hogarth wrote:
>  >
>  > On 12 May 2016 18:28, "Chris Friesen" <cbf123 at mail.usask.ca
> <mailto:cbf123 at mail.usask.ca>> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Hi,
>  > >
>  > > Could someone point me to the commit that removed support for assigning
> "ethX" names based on MAC addresses?
>  > >
>  > > Alternately, can someone suggest a way to get equivalent behaviour (the
> ability to set "ethX" names based on MAC address) using the current
> infrastructure? (Preferably as of RHEL 7, so systemd 219 plus a bunch of patches.)
>  > >
>  > > The back story is that we've got a lot of scripts/tools that currently
> assume the "ethX" naming, and while we will eventually sort it out we really
> don't want to do it right now.  The previous method of assigning "ethX" names
> was working well for our use-case (though I realize it had issues more generally).
>  > >
>
> For future reference when dealing with EL systems it's best to check the Red Hat
> documentation in the first instance:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/ch-Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html

Thanks, that shows some promise.  I had actually read some portions of that 
document, but I should probably have read all of section 8 first.

Thanks for the help.

Chris