On 2013-04-06, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > Ahhh... I think now I understand... > > So. Here's my summarization of the situation: > > * The ethX naming can change, i.e., the interfaces can get out of order > * So, to fix this, udev decided to use the physical attachment points of > the NIC in driving a persistent name, a name that will be identical across > boots as long as there is no hardware change > * In doing so, it also frees the 'traditional' ethX names to be used > * If one wants, one can still 'rename' the NICs to the 'traditional' names > using the 70-*.rules script
Wha? I swear I was told that you could not reliably name the iterfaces eth[0-n] using udev rules (which is what I've always done without problems) because of "race conditions". So I changed over to net[0-n] on one machine, and was planning on doing so on the others soon. Can we still use udev rules to name interfaces eth[0-n] or not? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I've got an IDEA!! at Why don't I STARE at you gmail.com so HARD, you forget your SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!!