-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > If a system has more than one network card that could be identified > with the same prefix, (eth0, eth1, etc). We would like to like to > configure udev within chroot so it will maintain the same > relationship of ethx to the specific network card that currently > exists upon reboot. This is not currently possible in the newer udev > instantiations without a patch developed by Bryan. > > Other distros like RH, SuSE, Debian, don't even try it.
Pretty much. The reason other distros don't try it is because their installation method is so different from ours, but that's more or less irrelevant to the summary. :-) > In my mind, this is a very specialized need. It appears that Bryan > has come up with a methodology (or two!) ...three, now, and I think the third one is pretty good. ;-) > IMO, the way to address this is not with a complex set of rules for > the book or a patch and multiple build method, but a warning about > the issue and a pointer to a hint or wiki entry to handle the > specific problem for those few people that need it. Now that's not a bad idea. That more or less matches up with what Alexander was saying earlier today in the ticket about the problem having multiple solutions. (In his words, the problem is: > configuring the network interfaces (i.e., getting the correct udev > rules and writing the corresponding interface configuration files) - -- and I'd agree.) It's also similar to his comments about providing examples of ways to solve the problem (whether those are at the other end of a wiki link, or a hint link, or right in the book; it probably doesn't matter a ton), rather than dictating one solution. I do like that. (I should note that the patch wouldn't require building udev twice; it won't hurt anything to have the option sitting around unused. It just wouldn't be very clean. But having the patch at all isn't the best solution for everyone, either.) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIM2icS5vET1Wea5wRA2W4AJsFwjzliziPtFGl6/3Ku6yq8dWn9gCeLQ9P bXXsttg8RnX1a0ROIXUrWL8= =R0ek -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
