biosdevname hitting rawhide

[Joe Nall]

On Nov 30, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Matt Domsch wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:29:32PM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> Matt Domsch wrote:
>>>>> Yes, your system, on new install, or if you delete
>>>>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and the HWADDR lines from
>>>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*, will then use the new names.
>>> specifically, em0 for the above device, and em<Type Instance>  for the
>>> second NIC specified in SMBIOS...
>> 
>> OK. Perhaps the wiki should be updated to state the feature works more 
>> generically (SMBIOS 2.6+) and not for just Dell/HP systems?
> 
> I've done so now.
> 
>> Interesting work, Matt. I'm surprised the Unix purists who would fight 
>> you to death to keep sendmail on desktops would allow you to change the 
>> almighty eth* naming scheme.
> 
> I've caught flack for years - that's why this is just now happening.
> The previous released version of biosdevname was over 3 years ago -
> the pushback was against changing the eth* naming scheme.  But there's
> no other way to do it.  I wish there was.

As someone who deals with HP DL580 boxes with 6+ NICs routinely, this is good stuff. Deterministic naming of the built in NICs will simplify installation instructions for us.

Are the internal names going to be lomX or emX?

joe