On 2006.12.03 14:39:44 -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > This PC has 1 ethernet interface, an e1000. Ubuntu Dapper. > > On 2.6.14, my e1000 interface appears as eth0. > On 2.6.15 to 2.6.18, my e1000 interface appears as eth1. > > In both cases, there are no other ethX interfaces listed in > "ifconfig -a". There are no modules involved, just a static > kernel build. > > Is this a bug in udev, or the kernel? I'm presuming udev, > but seems odd it changes over a kernel release boundary. > Any ideas on how I get rid of it? Makes automatic switching > between kernel versions a royal pain in the ass.
Just a wild guess here... Debian's (and I guess Ubuntu's) udev rules contain a generator for persistent interface name rules. Maybe these start working with 2.6.15 and thus the switch (ie. the kernel would call it eth0, but udev renames it to eth1). The generated rules are written to /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules on Debian, not sure if its the same for Ubuntu. Editing/removing the rules should fix your problem. HTH Björn - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
