On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:17:50PM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 07:12:08AM -0400, Jiri B wrote: > > > just for curiosity, is it planned for future? > > > > I can't just now think about real usability... > > Me neither. For most use cases I can think of, interface groups (a feature we > do have, see ifconfig(8) and possibly other references elsewhere) will give > you what others have implemented interface renaming for.
Situation: onboard network card is broken and was used in OS. You just plug additional network card, and disable the old one via `config' (is this right?). The "policy" in your setup is the order of network cards make some logic: * 1st backup/installation * 2nd service * 3rd admin access Now you don't use old broken card but you can't make new one being first for example. I don't say this is good design but I saw it used a lot in my previous job. Renaming new card to old one is impossible. jirib
