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'''Consistent Network Device Naming''' is a convention for naming [[Ethernet adapter]]s in [[Linux]].

It was created around 2009 to replace the old {{Mono|ethX}} naming scheme that caused problems on [[Multihoming|multihomed]] machines because the [[network interface controller]]s (NICs) would be named based on the order in which they were found by the kernel as it booted. AddingEditing newexisting 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= https://lwn.net/Articles/356900/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref> An ECR was submitted to the PCI SIG firmware group on how system firmware can provide device naming to operating systems via the ACPI interface.<ref>https://pcisig.com/sites/default/files/specification_documents/ECR_Slot_Naming-10.pdf</ref>

==Scheme (Biosdevname)==