Has anybody referred you to this?
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-rename-ethernet-devices-named-
using-udev/
I have no idea if it works, but it seems straightforward...
billo
Not that particular link, but that's covered here:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterface...
which seems official and is up-to-date.