On 04/07/13 22:35, Pandu Poluan wrote: [snip]
AFAICT, on-board NICs have sequential MAC Adresses, with the one labeled "Port 1" has the smallest MAC Address. So far, *all* Linux distros I've used on a server will reliably name "Port X" as "eth$((X-1))". So it's never a puzzle as to which port bears which "ethX" moniker. The new naming scheme, however, is much less intuitive. Where originally I just immediately use eth0, now I have to enumerate the monikers first, because even between servers of the same model (let's say, HP's DL360 G7), the PCI attachment point might differ. Granted, Linux SysAdmins *are* expected to understand the vagaries of Linux, but it's still a great inconvenience. Rgds, --
In my opinion this new udev-200 naming port is a big screw-up; I wouldn't be surprised if few months down the road we will go back to old naming because of misunderstandings.
-- Joseph
