On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Michal Bielicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 23 Apr 2008, at 15:12, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Peter Memishian > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > As some of you may be aware, Clearview Nemo Unification and Vanity > Naming > > > integrated into Nevada build 83. Among other advantages, the "vanity > > > naming" feature allows us to finally[1] move away from the current > chipset > > > alphabet soup we have for network interface names, and instead > standardize > > > on simple names like net0/net1. For more background, see: > > > > > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/uv/ > > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/uv/howto > > > > > > In Nevada, backward compatibility concerns have stopped us from changing > > > the default naming convention, so one is still stuck with unintelligible > > > names like e1000g2. However, Indiana's experimental nature seems to > make > > > it an ideal vehicle for making such a change, and its target userbase > > > seems suited for benefitting from such a change (e.g., networking > > > procedures aimed at new adoptees could simply assume the first network > > > interface is net0, rather than using placeholder interface names). > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > "Brilliant!" > > > > If you ask me, this is a prime opportunity to make things a little > > friendlier for folks coming from the GNU/Linux world. > > > > We could name the interfaces eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3, etc. > > > > That would certainly make things easier on new users/developers coming > > from that background. > > > > I personally prefer the more generic net0, net1, net2, etc. but the > > former is far more welcoming for transitioning users. > > > > -- > > Shawn Walker > > > > "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - > > Robert Orben > > > > I may be out of hype but somewhat the interface names that let you > recognise what kind of network hardware is behind it seem much friendlier to > me. > Especialy in the case of something not working and you wandering the > mailing lists and irc in search for help ;)
As others pointed out, that information will still be easily available from dladm (with show-phys). -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
