Fedora 15, new and exciting plans (biosdevname)

[Matt Domsch]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 08:34:54PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 09:35:54AM -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > Greetings. 
> > 
> > Fedora 14 was a pretty relaxing and stable release. I'm thinking that
> > Fedora 15 may be much more exciting. ;) 
> 
> biosdevname installed by default, used in the installer and at runtime
> to rename Dell and HP server onboard NICs from non-deterministic
> "ethX" to clearly labeled "lomX" matching the chassis silkscreen.
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-hotplug&m=128892593821639&w=2
> 
> Exciting, not really.  Necessary, absolutely!

Feature page:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO