Hey Benjamin, Benjamin Drung [2015-06-25 12:44 +0200]: > How about adding a easy-to-type symlink for MAC named devices? Would > that work? Then users could refer to a device by the persistent MAC name > enx112233445566, but also could use a short name like eth2 (which might > not be persistent). > > It would be similar to hard drives. I used UUIDs in /etc/fstab, but > short names like /dev/sdb3 when calling mount on the command line. Unlike /dev nodes, network interfaces can't have aliases as far as I know. Am I missing anything? Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
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