On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 02:19:25PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> 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.
What about aliased interfaces? Or are those really considered separate
devices?
Matt
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