On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:02, Michel Rode <rmichel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i tried to rename my network device - this works, but the symlink are not exists.
>
> This is my rule:
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:16:6f:b5:8b:76", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="wlan0", SYMLINK+="eth1"
>
> Now i have the idea, that it could not work because there are not such device in /dev - is it true ?
Right, network interfaces do not have any device nodes. The interface
names exist only in the kernel. There is only one name per interface
and nothing similar to the concept of symlinks.
Kay
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