On Mon, 2015-05-11 at 05:53 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: [...] > It will be even worse when not even ID_NET_NAME_PATH is defined (e.g. on > my Allwinner-based ARM computer), which means that interfaces will get > a mac-based name like enx028909xxxxxx. [...]
For ARM (and any other architecture using Device Tree) the on-board indices should be specified as aliases 'ethernet0', 'ethernet1', etc. The aliases will be listed in the uevent as OF_ALIAS_0 (or OF_ALIAS_1, etc., as a device can have multiple aliases). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison
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