[ale] eth numbering change

[Phil Turmel]

On 02/09/2017 12:34 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 02/09/2017 12:15 PM, Phil Turmel wrote:
>> Don't use ethX names with modern kernels.  Period.
> 
> Why?  I force the new-name (which is a hassle) into the name I want ...
> eth[0-9].

Because the renaming is also asynchronous, and you can have the name you
want be temporarily occupied by a device that just showed up, and then
the renaming fails.

It's only safe if you only have one network device.