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I recall not too long ago, interfaces were identified by eth0, eth1, wlan0, etc.
Now I'm finding interface names like enp0s3, enp0s8, etc.
In another question I asked here only moments ago, someone mentioned that the new format was:
"ethernet network peripheral # serial #"
and that got me wondering:
1.Why did it change?
2.When did it change?
3.What does the first number signify?
4.Why does the 's' stand for serial, why is that in the interface name?
5.What does the second number signify?
I've googled around for answers but didn't find anything that covers the transition from the old naming system to the new one.
You'd have got all your answers from the wiki article and its sources, which BTW happens to be the first result for a simple search. Hardly difficult to do, so what were you searching for?
– Karan – 2015-05-14T02:47:19.530it's easier to search when you know what to look for :p I had been searching for things like "enp0s3 vs eth0" and "network interface names" I did arrive at the freedesktop.org predictable interface naming article, but I didn't know that was this. – Volumetricsteve – 2015-05-14T12:28:17.323
This is a legit question and has a rather insightful answer. Don't know why it was being downvoted. – WarmWaffles – 2015-12-10T02:25:45.760
It wouldn't be stackexchange if people didn't nitpick the legitimacy of every word used in every question...and then bash it anyway :p – Volumetricsteve – 2015-12-10T15:31:08.927