commit: eba63773624dd2dbdceefdf8ab2c88aab22dab40 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Dec 2 01:36:34 2021 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Dec 2 01:36:34 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=eba63773
2021-08-24-eudev-retirement: mention options for disabling "predictable naming" Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/827937 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> .../2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt b/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt index fd360d7..c2b2b76 100644 --- a/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt +++ b/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt @@ -23,13 +23,25 @@ in order for Portage to replace eudev with sys-fs/udev once the package.mask is in place. We fully support udev on musl, whereas uclibc will still have to rely on eudev before also being removed on 2022-01-01. - **WARNING** + **WARNING 1** If you happen to have an INSTALL_MASK with a blanket "*systemd*" glob, you will inevitably break your system. sys-fs/udev contains "systemd" in some of its filenames, hence a blanket filter rule will likely lead to a non-functional udev installation. + + **WARNING 2** + +If you DO NOT want the "predictable interface naming" of newer versions +of udev and instead prefer the old style (e.g. "eth0"), there are several +options available. + +The simplest is to pass 'net.ifnames=0' on the kernel command line. + +See the wiki for more information: +https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev#Optional:_Disable_or_override_predictable_network_interface_naming. + Rationale The integration of udev into the systemd git repo introduced numerous
