Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-15 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Freitag, den 15.04.2016, 08:02 +0200 schrieb Martin Pitt: > Hello Sebastien, > > Sebastien Bacher [2016-04-14 15:16 -0600]: > > On the location based option you wrote that it creates issues when you > > connect e.g an usb dongle to another port, but then you commented that it > > doesn't ma

Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-14 Thread Ryan Harper
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Martin Pitt [2016-04-06 12:56 +0200]: > > * MAC based (status quo): Emphasize the identity of the device that > >you connect > >+ Works well on PCs/laptops where you want to connect your phone or > > USB 3G stick on an arbitrary

Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-14 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Sebastien, Sebastien Bacher [2016-04-14 15:16 -0600]: > On the location based option you wrote that it creates issues when you > connect e.g an usb dongle to another port, but then you commented that it > doesn't matter because nm handles it fine. Do we know of any case which > wouldn't work

Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-14 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Hey Martin, Le 14/04/2016 03:50, Martin Pitt a écrit : So we got one vote from Aaron in favor of moving to location-based, and some further analysis from Steve (who didn't seem to like location-based much), so not a clear direction here. Which probably means to keep the status quo for 16.04 fina

Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-14 Thread Martin Pitt
Martin Pitt [2016-04-06 12:56 +0200]: > * MAC based (status quo): Emphasize the identity of the device that >you connect >+ Works well on PCs/laptops where you want to connect your phone or > USB 3G stick on an arbitrary USB slot. > >- With boards like the RasPi you usually think

Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-06 Thread Aron Xu
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hello all, > > last summer we discussed changing the way network interface names are > named [1]. For the most part I think this worked out well, but I've > heard some complaints here and there about USB devices, we had some > ad-hoc discussions

Re: Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-06 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Martin, $.02: On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 12:56:44PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > However, as there were some complaints [2][3] about location-based > names not being appropriate for USB devices, we currently use the MAC > address for those. I. e. they are named like "enx123456AABBCC". > After hav

Call for opinions: default naming policy for USB network interfaces: MAC/path/kernel?

2016-04-06 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello all, last summer we discussed changing the way network interface names are named [1]. For the most part I think this worked out well, but I've heard some complaints here and there about USB devices, we had some ad-hoc discussions, but they weren't concluded. So let's review this before we re