[CentOS] OT: systemd Poll

Scott Robbins
Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:16:31 -0000

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 08:09:01AM -0400, Pete Orrall
wrote:
> > And *why* random NIC names? Quick, you've got servers from 5
> > manufacturers, of different ages... what's the NIC going to be
called? Do
> > names like enp5s0 offer any convenience to *anyone* not a hardware
> > engineer?
>
> As someone else had stated, it's not related to SystemD but
> Fedora/RHEL has changed the way they handle some things.  NICs, for
> instance, are no longer named after the device number (eth0, eth1,
> eth2, etc.) but after the *driver* name.  Yes, it's a change but it
> also makes sense.  IIRC this is how FreeBSD handles NIC names.

FreeBSD uses the driver in the name, such as bge0, em0, and so on, as
opposed to bge0 or em0, depending upon the make of the card.


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