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6<refentry id="systemd.net-naming-scheme">
7 <refentryinfo>
8 <title>systemd.net-naming-scheme</title>
9 <productname>systemd</productname>
10 </refentryinfo>
11
12 <refmeta>
13 <refentrytitle>systemd.net-naming-scheme</refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
15 </refmeta>
16
17 <refnamediv>
18 <refname>systemd.net-naming-scheme</refname>
19 <refpurpose>Network device naming schemes</refpurpose>
20 </refnamediv>
21
22 <refsect1>
23 <title>Description</title>
24
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25 <para>Network interfaces names and MAC addresses may be generated based on certain stable interface
26 attributes. This is possible when there is enough information about the device to generate those
27 attributes and the use of this information is configured. This page describes interface naming, i.e. what
28 possible names may be generated. Those names are generated by the
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29 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
30 builtin <command>net_id</command> and exported as udev properties
31 (<varname>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=</varname>, <varname>ID_NET_LABEL_ONBOARD=</varname>,
32 <varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=</varname>, <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=</varname>).</para>
33
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34 <para>Names and MAC addresses are derived from various stable device metadata attributes. Newer versions
35 of udev take more of these attributes into account, improving (and thus possibly changing) the names and
36 addresses used for the same devices. Different versions of those generation rules are called "naming
37 schemes". The default naming scheme is chosen at compilation time. Usually this will be the latest
38 implemented version, but it is also possible to set one of the older versions to preserve
39 compatibility. This may be useful for example for distributions, which may introduce new versions of
d238709c 40 systemd in stable releases without changing the naming scheme. The naming scheme may also be overridden
2ebe027b 41 using the <varname>net.naming-scheme=</varname> kernel command line switch, see
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42 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
43 Available naming schemes are described below.</para>
44
ce6304f7 45 <para>After the udev properties have been generated, appropriate udev rules may be used to actually rename
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46 devices based on those properties. See the description of <varname>NamePolicy=</varname> and
47 <varname>MACAddressPolicy=</varname> in
48 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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50 <para>Note that while the concept of network interface naming schemes is primarily relevant in the
51 context of <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename>, the
52 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
53 container manager also takes it into account when naming network interfaces, see below.</para>
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54 </refsect1>
55
56 <refsect1>
57 <title>Naming</title>
58
59 <para>All names start with a two-character prefix that signifies the interface type.</para>
60
61 <table>
62 <title>Two character prefixes based on the type of interface</title>
63
64 <tgroup cols='2'>
65 <thead>
66 <row>
67 <entry>Prefix</entry>
68 <entry>Description</entry>
69 </row>
70 </thead>
71 <tbody>
72 <row>
73 <entry><constant>en</constant></entry>
74 <entry>Ethernet</entry>
75 </row>
76 <row>
77 <entry><constant>ib</constant></entry>
78 <entry>InfiniBand</entry>
79 </row>
80 <row>
81 <entry><constant>sl</constant></entry>
ab015b13 82 <entry>Serial line IP (slip)</entry>
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83 </row>
84 <row>
85 <entry><constant>wl</constant></entry>
86 <entry>Wireless local area network (WLAN)</entry>
87 </row>
88 <row>
89 <entry><constant>ww</constant></entry>
90 <entry>Wireless wide area network (WWAN)</entry>
91 </row>
92 </tbody>
93 </tgroup>
94 </table>
95
96 <para>The udev <command>net_id</command> builtin exports the following udev device properties:</para>
97
98 <variablelist>
99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>o</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></varname></term>
65c2ad98 101 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>d</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></varname></term>
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e232c307 103 <listitem><para>This name is set based on the numeric ordering information given by the firmware
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104 for on-board devices. Different schemes are used depending on the firmware type, as described in
105 the table below.</para>
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106
107 <table>
8fb35004 108 <title>On-board naming schemes</title>
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109
110 <tgroup cols='2'>
111 <thead>
112 <row>
113 <entry>Format</entry>
114 <entry>Description</entry>
115 </row>
116 </thead>
117
118 <tbody>
119 <row>
120 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>o</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></entry>
8fb35004 121 <entry>PCI on-board index</entry>
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122 </row>
123
124 <row>
125 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>d</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></entry>
126 <entry>Devicetree alias index</entry>
127 </row>
128
129 </tbody>
130 </tgroup>
131 </table>
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132 </listitem>
133 </varlistentry>
134
135 <varlistentry>
136 <term><varname>ID_NET_LABEL_ONBOARD=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable> <replaceable>label</replaceable></varname></term>
137
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138 <listitem><para>This property is set based on textual label given by the firmware for on-board
139 devices. The name consists of the prefix concatenated with the label. This is only available for
140 PCI devices.
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141 </para>
142 </listitem>
143 </varlistentry>
144
145 <varlistentry>
146 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_MAC=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>x</constant><replaceable>AABBCCDDEEFF</replaceable></varname></term>
147
148 <listitem><para>This name consists of the prefix, letter <constant>x</constant>, and 12 hexadecimal
149 digits of the MAC address. It is available if the device has a fixed MAC address. Because this name
150 is based on an attribute of the card itself, it remains "stable" when the device is moved (even
151 between machines), but will change when the hardware is replaced.</para>
152 </listitem>
153 </varlistentry>
154
155 <varlistentry>
156 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]</varname></term>
a1686563 157 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>v</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></varname></term>
d6eda677 158 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>x</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></varname></term>
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159 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]<constant>b</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></varname></term>
160 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]<constant>u</constant><replaceable>port</replaceable>…[<constant>c</constant><replaceable>config</replaceable>][<constant>i</constant><replaceable>interface</replaceable>]</varname></term>
161 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]<constant>v</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></varname></term>
88d2bda8 162 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]<constant>r</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></varname></term>
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163
164 <listitem><para>This property describes the slot position. Different schemes are used depending on
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165 the bus type, as described in the table below. In case of USB, BCMA, and SR-VIO devices, the full
166 name consists of the prefix, PCI slot identifier, and USB or BCMA or SR-VIO slot identifier. The
167 first two parts are denoted as "…" in the table below.</para>
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168
169 <table>
170 <title>Slot naming schemes</title>
171
172 <tgroup cols='2'>
173 <thead>
174 <row>
175 <entry>Format</entry>
176 <entry>Description</entry>
177 </row>
178 </thead>
179
180 <tbody>
181 <row>
182 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> [<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>] <constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable> [<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>] [<constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable> | <constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]</entry>
183 <entry>PCI slot number</entry>
184 </row>
185
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186 <row>
187 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> <constant>v</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></entry>
188 <entry>VIO slot number (IBM PowerVM)</entry>
189 </row>
190
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191 <row>
192 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> <constant>X</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></entry>
193 <entry>VIF interface number (Xen)</entry>
194 </row>
195
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196 <row>
197 <entry>… <constant>b</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></entry>
198 <entry>Broadcom bus (BCMA) core number</entry>
199 </row>
200
201 <row>
202 <entry>… <constant>u</constant><replaceable>port</replaceable>… [<constant>c</constant><replaceable>config</replaceable>] [<constant>i</constant><replaceable>interface</replaceable>]</entry>
203 <entry>USB port number chain</entry>
204 </row>
205
206 <row>
207 <entry>… <constant>v</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></entry>
208 <entry>SR-VIO slot number</entry>
209 </row>
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211 <row>
212 <entry>… <constant>r</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable></entry>
213 <entry>SR-IOV slot number</entry>
214 </row>
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215 </tbody>
216 </tgroup>
217 </table>
218
219 <para>The PCI domain is only prepended when it is not 0. All multi-function PCI devices will carry
220 the <constant>f<replaceable>function</replaceable></constant> number in the device name, including
221 the function 0 device. For non-multi-function devices, the number is suppressed if 0. The port name
222 <replaceable>port_name</replaceable> is used, or the port number
223 <constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable> if the name is not known.</para>
224
225 <para>For BCMA devices, the core number is suppressed when 0.</para>
226
227 <para>For USB devices the full chain of port numbers of hubs is composed. If the name gets longer
228 than the maximum number of 15 characters, the name is not exported. The usual USB configuration
229 number 1 and interface number 0 values are suppressed.</para>
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230
231 <para>SR-IOV virtual devices are named based on the name of the parent interface, with a suffix of
232 <constant>v</constant> and the virtual device number, with any leading zeros removed. The bus
a1686563 233 number is ignored.</para>
2c8ec009 234
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235 <para>SR-IOV virtual device representors are named based on the name of the physical device
236 interface, with a suffix of <constant>r</constant> and the number of the virtual device that
237 is linked to the particular representor, with any leading zeros removed. The physical port
238 name and the bus number are ignored.</para>
239
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240 <para>In some configurations a parent PCI bridge of a given network controller may be associated
241 with a slot. In such case we don't generate this device property to avoid possible naming conflicts.</para>
a1686563 242 </listitem>
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243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry>
246 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>c</constant><replaceable>bus_id</replaceable></varname></term>
247 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>a</constant><replaceable>vendor</replaceable><replaceable>model</replaceable><constant>i</constant><replaceable>instance</replaceable></varname></term>
248 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>i</constant><replaceable>address</replaceable><constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable></varname></term>
a0961675 249 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable><constant>u</constant><replaceable>port</replaceable>…</varname></term>
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250 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>p</constant><replaceable>bus</replaceable><constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>phys_port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]</varname></term>
251 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>p</constant><replaceable>bus</replaceable><constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>phys_port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]<constant>b</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></varname></term>
252 <term><varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>[<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>]<constant>p</constant><replaceable>bus</replaceable><constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable>[<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>][<constant>n</constant><replaceable>phys_port_name</replaceable>|<constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]<constant>u</constant><replaceable>port</replaceable>…[<constant>c</constant><replaceable>config</replaceable>][<constant>i</constant><replaceable>interface</replaceable>]</varname></term>
253
254 <listitem><para>This property describes the device installation location. Different schemes are
255 used depending on the bus type, as described in the table below. For BCMA and USB devices, PCI path
256 information must known, and the full name consists of the prefix, PCI slot identifier, and USB or
257 BCMA location. The first two parts are denoted as "…" in the table below.</para>
258
259 <table>
260 <title>Path naming schemes</title>
261
262 <tgroup cols='2'>
263 <thead>
264 <row>
265 <entry>Format</entry>
266 <entry>Description</entry>
267 </row>
268 </thead>
269
270 <tbody>
271 <row>
272 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> <constant>c</constant><replaceable>bus_id</replaceable></entry>
273 <entry>CCW or grouped CCW device identifier</entry>
274 </row>
275
276 <row>
277 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> <constant>a</constant><replaceable>vendor</replaceable> <replaceable>model</replaceable> <constant>i</constant><replaceable>instance</replaceable></entry>
278 <entry>ACPI path names for ARM64 platform devices</entry>
279 </row>
280
281 <row>
282 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> <constant>i</constant><replaceable>address</replaceable> <constant>n</constant><replaceable>port_name</replaceable></entry>
283 <entry>Netdevsim (simulated networking device) device number and port name</entry>
284 </row>
285
286 <row>
287 <entry><replaceable>prefix</replaceable> [<constant>P</constant><replaceable>domain</replaceable>] <constant>p</constant><replaceable>bus</replaceable> <constant>s</constant><replaceable>slot</replaceable> [<constant>f</constant><replaceable>function</replaceable>] [<constant>n</constant><replaceable>phys_port_name</replaceable> | <constant>d</constant><replaceable>dev_port</replaceable>]</entry>
288 <entry>PCI geographical location</entry>
289 </row>
290
291 <row>
292 <entry>… <constant>b</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></entry>
293 <entry>Broadcom bus (BCMA) core number</entry>
294 </row>
295
296 <row>
297 <entry>… <constant>u</constant><replaceable>port</replaceable>… [<constant>c</constant><replaceable>config</replaceable>] [<constant>i</constant><replaceable>interface</replaceable>]</entry>
298 <entry>USB port number chain</entry>
299 </row>
300
301 </tbody>
302 </tgroup>
303 </table>
304
305 <para>CCW and grouped CCW devices are found in IBM System Z mainframes. Any leading zeros and
306 dots are suppressed.</para>
307
308 <para>For PCI, BCMA, and USB devices, the same rules as described above for slot naming are
309 used.</para>
310 </listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312 </variablelist>
313 </refsect1>
314
315 <refsect1>
316 <title>History</title>
317
66ad93e8 318 <para>The following "naming schemes" have been defined (which may be chosen at system boot-up time via
75909cc7 319 the <varname>net.naming-scheme=</varname> kernel command line switch, see above):</para>
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320
321 <variablelist>
322 <varlistentry>
323 <term><constant>v238</constant></term>
324
955ed5d5 325 <listitem><para>This is the naming scheme that was implemented in systemd 238.</para></listitem>
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326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry>
329 <term><constant>v239</constant></term>
330
331 <listitem><para>Naming was changed for virtual network interfaces created with SR-IOV and NPAR and
332 for devices where the PCI network controller device does not have a slot number associated.</para>
333
334 <para>SR-IOV virtual devices are named based on the name of the parent interface, with a suffix of
335 <literal>v<replaceable>port</replaceable></literal>, where <replaceable>port</replaceable> is the
336 virtual device number. Previously those virtual devices were named as if completely independent.
337 </para>
338
339 <para>The ninth and later NPAR virtual devices are named following the scheme used for the first
340 eight NPAR partitions. Previously those devices were not renamed and the kernel default
341 ("eth<replaceable>N</replaceable>") was used.</para>
342
343 <para>Names are also generated for PCI devices where the PCI network controller device does not
344 have an associated slot number itself, but one of its parents does. Previously those devices were
345 not renamed and the kernel default was used.</para>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry>
350 <term><constant>v240</constant></term>
351
2ebe027b 352 <listitem><para>The <literal>ib</literal> prefix and stable names for infiniband devices are
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353 introduced. Previously those devices were not renamed.</para>
354
355 <para>The ACPI index field (used in <varname>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=</varname>) is now also used when
356 0.</para>
357
358 <para>A new naming policy <varname>NamePolicy=keep</varname> was introduced. With this policy, if
359 the network device name was already set by userspace, the device will not be renamed
360 again. Previously, this naming policy applied implicitly, and now it must be explicitly
361 requested. Effectively, this means that network devices will be renamed according to the
362 configuration, even if they have been renamed already, if <constant>keep</constant> is not
b0343f8c 363 specified as the naming policy in the <filename index="false">.link</filename> file. See
0b1e5b6e 364 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
2ebe027b 365 for a description of <varname>NamePolicy=</varname>.</para></listitem>
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366 </varlistentry>
367
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368 <varlistentry>
369 <term><constant>v241</constant></term>
370
371 <listitem><para><option>MACAddressPolicy=persistent</option> was extended to set MAC addresses
372 based on the device name. Previously addresses were only based on the
b0343f8c 373 <varname index="false">ID_NET_NAME_*</varname> attributes, which meant that interface names would
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374 never be generated for virtual devices. Now a persistent address will be generated for most
375 devices, including in particular bridges.</para>
376
377 <para>Note: when userspace does not set a MAC address for a bridge device, the kernel will
378 initially assign a random address, and then change it when the first device is enslaved to the
379 bridge. With this naming policy change, bridges get a persistent MAC address based on the bridge
380 name instead of the first enslaved device.</para></listitem>
381 </varlistentry>
382
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383 <varlistentry>
384 <term><constant>v243</constant></term>
385
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386 <listitem><para>Support for renaming netdevsim (simulated networking) devices was added. Previously
387 those devices were not renamed.</para>
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388
389 <para>Previously two-letter interface type prefix was prepended to
2ebe027b 390 <varname>ID_NET_LABEL_ONBOARD=</varname>. This is not done anymore.</para></listitem>
0b1e5b6e 391 </varlistentry>
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393 <varlistentry>
394 <term><constant>v245</constant></term>
395
396 <listitem><para>When
397 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
398 derives the name for the host side of the network interface created with
399 <option>--network-veth</option> from the container name it previously simply truncated the result
400 at 15 characters if longer (since that's the maximum length for network interface names). From now
401 on, for any interface name that would be longer than 15 characters the last 4 characters are set to
402 a 24bit hash value of the full interface name. This way network interface name collisions between
403 multiple similarly named containers (who only differ in container name suffix) should be less
404 likely (but still possible, since the 24bit hash value is very small).</para></listitem>
405 </varlistentry>
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406
407 <varlistentry>
66ad93e8 408 <term><constant>v247</constant></term>
2c8ec009 409
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410 <listitem><para>When a PCI slot is associated with a PCI bridge that has multiple child network
411 controllers, the same value of the <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname> property might be derived
412 for those controllers. This would cause a naming conflict if the property is selected as the device
413 name. Now, we detect this situation and don't produce the <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname>
414 property.</para></listitem>
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415 </varlistentry>
416
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417 <varlistentry>
418 <term><constant>v249</constant></term>
419
420 <listitem><para>PCI hotplug slot names for the s390 PCI driver are a hexadecimal representation
421 of the <filename>function_id</filename> device attribute. This attribute is now used to build the
422 <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname>. Before that, all slot names were parsed as decimal
423 numbers, which could either result in an incorrect value of the <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname>
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424 property or none at all.</para>
425
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426 <para>Some firmware and hypervisor implementations report unreasonably high numbers for the
427 on-board index. To prevent the generation of bogus onbard interface names, index numbers greater
428 than 16381 (2¹⁴-1) were ignored. For s390 PCI devices index values up to 65535 (2¹⁶-1) are valid.
429 To account for that, the limit was increased to 65535.</para>
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430
431 <para>The udev rule <varname>NAME=</varname> replaces <literal>:</literal>,
432 <literal>/</literal>, and <literal>%</literal> with an underscore (<literal>_</literal>), and
433 refuses strings which contain only numerics.</para>
434 </listitem>
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435 </varlistentry>
436
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437 <varlistentry>
438 <term><constant>v250</constant></term>
439
440 <listitem><para>Added naming scheme for Xen netfront "vif" interfaces based on the guest side
441 VIF number set from the Xen config (or the interface index in AWS EC2).</para>
442 </listitem>
443 </varlistentry>
444
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446 <term><constant>v251</constant></term>
447
448 <listitem><para>Since version <constant>v247</constant> we no longer set
449 <varname>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</varname> if we detect that a PCI device associated with a slot is a PCI
450 bridge as that would create naming conflict when there are more child devices on that bridge. Now,
451 this is relaxed and we will use slot information to generate the name based on it but only if
452 the PCI device has multiple functions. This is safe because distinct function number is a part of
453 the device name for multifunction devices.</para>
454 </listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
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457 <varlistentry>
458 <term><constant>v252</constant></term>
459
460 <listitem><para>Added naming scheme for platform devices with devicetree aliases.</para>
461 </listitem>
462 </varlistentry>
463
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464 <varlistentry>
465 <term><constant>v253</constant></term>
466
467 <listitem><para>Set <varname>ID_NET_NAME_PATH</varname> for usb devices not connected via a PCI bus.</para>
468 </listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
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471 <varlistentry>
472 <term><constant>v254</constant></term>
473
474 <listitem><para>Naming was changed for SR-IOV virtual device representors.</para>
475
476 <para>The <literal>r<replaceable>slot</replaceable></literal> suffix was added to differentiate SR-IOV
477 virtual device representors attached to a single physical device interface.
478 </para>
479 </listitem>
480 </varlistentry>
481
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484 <para>Note that <constant>latest</constant> may be used to denote the latest scheme known (to this
e9dd6984 485 particular version of systemd).</para>
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487
488 <refsect1>
489 <title>Examples</title>
490
491 <example>
492 <title>Using <command>udevadm test-builtin</command> to display device properties</title>
493
494 <programlisting>$ udevadm test-builtin net_id /sys/class/net/enp0s31f6
495...
496Using default interface naming scheme 'v243'.
497ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v243
498ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enx54ee75cb1dc0
499ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=Wistron InfoComm(Kunshan)Co.,Ltd.
500ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp0s31f6
501...</programlisting>
502 </example>
503
504 <example>
505 <title>PCI Ethernet card with firmware index "1"</title>
506
507 <programlisting>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD=eno1
8c053c83 508ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD_LABEL=Ethernet Port 1
0b1e5b6e 509 </programlisting>
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510 </example>
511
512 <example>
513 <title>PCI Ethernet card in hotplug slot with firmware index number</title>
514
515 <programlisting># /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/net/ens1
516ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enx000000000466
517ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp5s0
518ID_NET_NAME_SLOT=ens1</programlisting>
519 </example>
520
521 <example>
522 <title>PCI Ethernet multi-function card with 2 ports</title>
523
524 <programlisting># /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/net/enp2s0f0
525ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enx78e7d1ea46da
526ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp2s0f0
527
528# /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.1/net/enp2s0f1
529ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enx78e7d1ea46dc
530ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp2s0f1</programlisting>
531 </example>
532
533 <example>
534 <title>PCI WLAN card</title>
535
536 <programlisting># /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/wlp3s0
537ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlx0024d7e31130
538ID_NET_NAME_PATH=wlp3s0</programlisting>
539 </example>
540
541 <example>
542 <title>PCI IB host adapter with 2 ports</title>
543
544 <programlisting># /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:15:00.0/net/ibp21s0f0
545ID_NET_NAME_PATH=ibp21s0f0
546
547# /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:15:00.1/net/ibp21s0f1
548ID_NET_NAME_PATH=ibp21s0f1</programlisting>
549 </example>
550
551 <example>
552 <title>USB built-in 3G modem</title>
553
554 <programlisting># /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4/2-1.4:1.6/net/wwp0s29u1u4i6
555ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wwx028037ec0200
556ID_NET_NAME_PATH=wwp0s29u1u4i6</programlisting>
557 </example>
558
559 <example>
560 <title>USB Android phone</title>
561
562 <programlisting># /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/net/enp0s29u1u2
563ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enxd626b3450fb5
564ID_NET_NAME_PATH=enp0s29u1u2</programlisting>
565 </example>
566
567 <example>
568 <title>s390 grouped CCW interface</title>
569
570 <programlisting># /sys/devices/css0/0.0.0007/0.0.f5f0/group_device/net/encf5f0
571ID_NET_NAME_MAC=enx026d3c00000a
572ID_NET_NAME_PATH=encf5f0</programlisting>
573 </example>
574 </refsect1>
575
576 <refsect1>
577 <title>See Also</title>
578 <para>
579 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
580 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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581 <ulink url="https://systemd.io/PREDICTABLE_INTERFACE_NAMES">Predictable Network Interface Names</ulink>,
582 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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584 </refsect1>
585
586</refentry>