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It was created around 2009 to replace the old standard ethX which caused problems on [[Multihoming|multihomed]] machines because the [[network interface controller]]s (NICs) would get named based on the order in which they were found by the kernel as it booted. Adding new interfaces could cause the previously added ones to change names.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Network Device Naming mechanism and policy |date= October 9, 2009 |author= Matt Domsch |work= LWN |publisher= Eklektix, Inc |url= http://lwn.net/Articles/356900/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>
==Scheme==
The new naming scheme was:<ref name="digit" />
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* Other Linux conventions, such as <tt>.<vlan></tt> and <tt>:<alias></tt> suffixes remain unchanged and are still applicable<ref name="red">{{Cite web |url= http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/appe-Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html |work= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 documentation |title= Appendix A. Consistent Network Device Naming |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>
==Adoption==
The convention was implemented for [[Dell]] in a module called <code>biosdevname</code>.<ref name="digit">{{Cite web |title= Fedora 15 Changing The Network Device Naming Scheme |work= Digitizer Linux News |url= http://digitizor.com/2011/01/25/fedora-15-network-device-naming/ |date= January 25, 2011 |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>
Among the first major [[Linux distribution]]s to adopt the module were [[List of Fedora versions#Fedora 15|Fedora 15]] in May 2011<ref name="esecurityplanet">{{Cite web |title= Fedora 15 boosts Linux security |url= http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.html/ |work= eSecurity Planet |author= Sean Michael Kerner |date= May 20, 2011 |accessdate= May 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author= Joe Brockmeier |title= Breaking a few eggs: Fedora 15 changes network device naming. Fedora 15 pioneering consistent network device naming |work= Network World |date= January 24, 2011 |url= http://www.networkworld.com/community/fedora-15-changes-network-device-naming }}</ref> and [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] version 6.1.<ref name="dell">{{Cite web |url= http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/consistent_network_device_naming_in_linux.pdf |date= July 2012 |author= Narendra K |title= Consistent Network Device Naming in Linux |publisher= [[Dell]] Linux Engineering division |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="red" /> It was also released in [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]] 11 Service Pack 2 in February 2012.<ref name="dell" /> The newer [[Dell PowerEdge]] and [[Dell Precision]] models support the new names.<ref name="dell" /> An [[open source]] implementation is available, based on the [[udev]] mechanism now present in [[systemd]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= Biosdevname - Consistent Network Device Naming |url= http://linux.dell.com/biosdevname/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Consistent Network Device Naming |work= Project web site |publisher= Fedora |url= https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming |author= Matt Domsch and Jordan Hargrave |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>
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