On 05/13/2014 06:53 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > To exchange names, you need to use a temporary name and do three > renames. Pretty much like swapping to values using a temporary > variable. I can't find a way to do that with udev. Please enlighten me. > Another thing to consider is do you really need to reference the > interface names? If you use dhcp and NetworkManager, you might be > able to avoid that. Yes, I need to reference the names. "ip route" needs them. ==== Near as I can find online, there is no solution to this issue. According to <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56929#c3>, > We do no longer support renaming network interfaces in the kernel > namespace. Interface names are required to use custom names that > can never clash with the kernel created ones. > We do not support swapping names; we cannot win any race against > the kernel creating new interfaces at the same time. The system is broken by design. -- Dave Close -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org