On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 03:09:43PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 10:25:50AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 2013-04-05 4:11 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 02:38:21PM -0500, Bruce Hill wrote: > > >> Just dealing with one server and my Linux router, they've been updated to > > >> sys-fs/udev-200 and are both still using the same > > >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file they've had for over a > > >> year, > > >> which was working with udev-171. > > > > > > Do you have your network interface drivers built into the kernel or are > > > they modules? > > > > I'm very interested in the significance of this question... > > > > My server is module free, so all drivers are built into the kernel. > > The significance is that the kernel determines the eth* name order. > Right now, you are lucky in that the order is what you think it should > be, but if something changes in the kernel causing your cards to be > initialized in a different order, you will not be allowed to swap them > around in the eth* name space, e.g. eth1 can't become eth0 or visa > versa. > > That is why it is recommended that you use something like net0, net1, > etc for your interface names.
Thanks for your reply. After 10 years of eth* it's going to be hard to make a change until the kernel does this, also. Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
