On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 12:12:06AM +0100, Bj?rn Steinbrink wrote: > 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.
Yes, I'd place odds on this one. Martin, any followup? thanks, greg k-h - 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/
