RE: Issue with static ip in NM

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>]

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 10:08 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> Right, which is why NM doesn't use device names, since those change
> with plug/unplug too.  

We have scripts in udev to avoid that, and give persistent naming of
devices. Those scripts are based on _more_ than just the MAC address,
which isn't sufficient on its own. And when new strange hardware
configurations come up, people add support for that to the standard udev
scripts.

Surely people should be augmenting those existing scripts if they have
to deal with any other devices, and NetworkManager should be able to
make use of the persistent device names provided by udev?

Is NetworkManager really just using the MAC address rather than relying
on what udev provides?

(In this case, the most best answer is for Garmin to fix the device so
it _does_ have a consistent MAC address. Then we don't have to hack
around it in software at all.)

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