Consistent device naming

[CLOSE Dave]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:

>>> To exchange names, you need to use a temporary name and do three
>>> renames. Pretty much like swapping to values using a temporary
>>> variable.
>>
>> I can't find a way to do that with udev. Please enlighten me.
>
> I use "ip link set" to do that. I am not sure how you would do it
> with udev.

Thanks for the reference. But that can't be used after the interface is
up, and my interfaces come up during boot. I think it must be udev or 
nothing, and nothing seems to win based on the link I posted previously. 
I still think the new naming system is broken /by design/.
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