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Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15Posted Jan 29, 2011 7:16 UTC (Sat) by butlerm (subscriber, #13312)In reply to: Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15 by mdomsch Parent article: Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15 Mind you, there are only 15 characters of IFNAM size Isn't that like, so 1983? Surely 30 characters or more would be a much more reasonable limit for interface names, given all the things that can be tacked on these days.
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Domsch: Consistent Network Device Naming coming to Fedora 15 Posted Jan 29, 2011 14:34 UTC (Sat) by mdomsch (subscriber, #5920) [Link]
Unfortunately, the kernel->userspace ABI for network ioctl() calls defines the interface name to be IFNAM size, or 15 characters usable. It would be impossible to change every userspace program ever produced and in use to allow for a longer device name.
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