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changes on reboot
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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
Version: 2.6.18-7
Severity: normal
order of decices in /proc/net/dev changes every reboot.
once they are:
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes
packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo: 228161 2165 0 0 0 0 0 0 228161
2165 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0:1425012408 1748681 0 0 0 0 0 0 335832634
1692050 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth1:527984767 1844032 0 0 0 0 0 0 1234884318
1628333 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth2:77497191 358950 0 0 0 0 0 0 429137548
431213 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sit0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
but on next reboot
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes
packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo: 228161 2165 0 0 0 0 0 0 228161
2165 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth1:1425012408 1748681 0 0 0 0 0 0 335832634
1692050 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth2:527984767 1844032 0 0 0 0 0 0 1234884318
1628333 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth3:77497191 358950 0 0 0 0 0 0 429137548
431213 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sit0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
then snmpd read them in eveet reboot in diffrent order
and mrtg draws meaningless statistics.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85e tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-3-686:
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order was never stable,
fix your udev rules if you are interested in persisting network names.
anyway this is a userspace policy and not a kernel bug.
--
maks
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