On Friday 14 November 2008 19:05:51 Bill Nottingham wrote: > Anne Wilson (cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > > <quote> > > > > dmesg: > > > > udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1. > > > > </quote> > > > > > > > > No reason visible > > > > > > This is udev, renaming the device based on configuration > > > in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (written by > > > anaconda, and updated by udev on device add), or from > > > the HWADDR field in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-XXX > > > (written by anaconda, or system-config-network, or the user > > > by hand.) > > > > But why? > > Because modules are loaded in parallel on boot, so interfaces > can come up named different things on each boot depending on > delays, etc. udev is renaming them based on the configuration > in the system so that the devices remain the same from boot > to boot. > Bill, I've used wireless on other systems for quite a long time, and I've never come across such a situation. Anne
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