On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 05:38:01PM -0400, Jonas Meyer wrote:
> I pinned this behavior down to SOMETHING creating a new entry
> in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules of the form:
>
> # net device (uml-netdev)
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="f2:7a:f8:d4:1a:5a",
> NAME="eth0"
>
> So it creates the above entry the first time and the network works. The
> second time I boot, it adds this to the end of the file:
>
> # net device (uml-netdev)
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="92:11:3e:5f:c9:8c",
> NAME="eth1"
This is userspace trying to be smart. It's assuring that a given
interface (as decided by MAC) always gets the same name. However,
when MACs are assigned randomly every boot, this doesn't work so well.
You can either disable this behavior or provide a MAC on the UML
command line.
Jeff
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