Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Daniel Frey <djqf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It is even more frustrating that these so-called predictable network >> names actually can change on a reboot, it's happened to me more than >> once when multiple network cards are detected in a different order. > >>From Kay Sievers in [1]: > > <BEGIN> > Btw, predictable means it will not change between reboots, that names > will not depend on enumeration order within the same setup. It does > not mean or promise, that added kernel/driver/firmware features will > not result in different names. That is expected behavior. > </END> > > [1] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-October/034614.html
So the names will not change when rebooting and are to be expected to possibly change at any time. How is that more reliable?
