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Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15

Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15

Posted Jan 27, 2011 16:11 UTC (Thu) by butlerm (subscriber, #13312)
In reply to: Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15 by joib
Parent article: Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15

Apparently, the ethX namespace is verboten because it races with the kernel detected devices.

So why not change the kernel so that it gives non-conflicting temporary names?


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