Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

joss@debian.org wrote:
>
>How about using only the last 3 bytes of the MAC?
>
>The probability of using, on the same system, *two or more* controllers
>from *different brands* with a collision in the last 3 bytes is
>nonexistent in practice.
>
>The clear benefit would be that 3 bytes / 6 hex digits are easy enough
>to remember in the short term memory when you need to type a command. 6
>hex digits are also regularly used as short git references for that same
>reason. 

Good suggestion, yes. :-)

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