On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 11:02:08 +0100 Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote: > Le 04/03/2021 à 07:46, tito via Dng a écrit : > > How Linux assigns network interface names > > The default name for Ethernet interfaces is based upon how Linux > > initializes them during device discovery. As Linux finds the network > > devices it will start numbering them starting with 0 and increasing > > sequentially. > > But what if, say, eth0 is renamed by the hotplugger before the > kernel discovers the second ethernet device? I guess the kernel > restarts with 0 which is the smallest free number. Because eth0 may > well have been renamed eth1 by the hotplugger. I didn't dig in the > kernel code to verify. > > -- Didier > > > hi, I bet the counter is increased until a free number is found for the law of laziness and least effort.
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