On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:06:03 +0100 Antony Stone <antony.st...@devuan.open.source.it> wrote:
> On Saturday 12 December 2020 at 15:27:08, d...@d404.nl wrote: > > > On 12-12-2020 14:15, Antony Stone wrote: > > > > > > According to https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames the > > > old 70- persistent-net.rules system _should_ still work in Buster > > > / Beowulf, but I can't work out how to get it to do so. > > > > From what I understand after some research you need an additional > > > > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules as follows: > > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="90:e6:ba:01:00:01", NAME="eth0" > > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="90:e6:ba:01:00:02", NAME="eth1" > > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="90:e6:ba:01:20:01", NAME="eth2" > > Thanks, but no - it makes no difference. > > I tried: > > 1. Adding that file and keeping 70-persistent-net.rules as well > > 2. Adding that file and removing 70-persistent-net.rules > > 3. Both the above both with and without net.ifnames=0 in the kernel > boot parameters. > > In every case I continue to get eth0 and eth1 as my PCI card, and the > motherboard interface as eth2. > > > Anyone else got any useful ideas? You can create one or a few very simple shellscripts to turn stuff like eno01y0u5uck02 into eth0, as long as the device isn't moved around, which ports on a pci card wouldn't be. Another Devuaner and I wrote the basics of such a script and posted it on this mailing list, several years ago. Sorry, but I'm on a tight deadline and can't research anything more than this memory. Perhaps somebody else knows. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng