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Hi On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:25:36 +0000 "brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 05:54:29PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Aug 08, "brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote: > > > > > Previously, my WiMAX device was named something like wmx0. Now, it > > > appears it's been renamed to enx<MAC Address>. First of all, the name > > > has changed from what it used to be, and now I have to check that it's > > > not broken anything. There wasn't supposed to be a naming change for > > > people with the persistent-net rules in place. > > Indeed: what was the content of your 70-persistent-net.rules file? > > I suspect that persistent naming just never worked for you for this > > interface. > > The interface is clearly missing: > > # PCI device 0x8086:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0 (e1000e) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="f0:de:f1:b8:36:fd", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", > KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" > > # PCI device 0x8086:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0 > (iwlwifi) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="64:80:99:4f:73:a0", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", > KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" > > I suppose the idea was to skip USB devices, thinking that they were all > removable, but I can't be certain without seeing the generator, which > has been removed. > > > > Secondly, this is not an Ethernet device, so en is not correct (it > > > should be ww). The device is on the USB bus (using the driver > > > i2400m-usb). > > I do not think that such a distinction is relevant here. > > If you're going to autogenerate the name, please autogenerate it such > that it's consistent with the naming scheme. The comment in > udev-builtin-net_id.c indicates that ww is appropriate here. People > should be able to predict interface names, such that configuration can > be autogenerated (e.g. for puppet). Naming some WWAN devices as ww but > others as en is silly. Is this issue still valid? I do have an (internal) wimax device which is named wwx02803XXXXX, i.e. has the ww prefix as one would expect. If it's still a problem, please attach the output of udevadm info /sys/class/net/$(iface) Thanks, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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