[release-notes] systemd is taking over network interface naming

Pete Travis immanetize at fedoraproject.org
Sun May 12 04:00:14 UTC 2013


commit a209fcb1d2791bec97279d680e07f3dc549099d1
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Sat May 11 21:54:47 2013 -0600

    systemd is taking over network interface naming

 en-US/Networking.xml |    9 ++++++++-
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Networking.xml b/en-US/Networking.xml
index b4330bb..9bac446 100644
--- a/en-US/Networking.xml
+++ b/en-US/Networking.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@
     </para>
   </section>
 
-    
+  <section>
+    <title>stable network interface naming</title>
+    <para>
+      The <function>udevd</function> service has a long history of providing predictable names for block devices and others. Fedora will now also use <function>udev</function> naming for network interfaces by default, providing more reliable interface names on systems with multiple network devices. Alternative naming schemes, such as custom udev rules or <package>biosdevname</package>, will override this default. Users upgrading from previous releases may need to update the device names referenced in <filename>/etc/system/network-scripts/</filename>, although in most cases <package>biosdevname</package> will continue to manage naming.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      For more information, read <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames" />.
+    </section>
 </section>
 


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