On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 08:43, Frank Steiner<fsteiner-mail1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We've one hosts that always creates a 70-persistent-net.rules file with > SUBSYSTEM=="net",..., ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth_s*", NAME="eth_s2_1" > SUBSYSTEM=="net",..., ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth_s*", NAME="eth_s2_0" > Can someone explain the renaming process a little bit? How can I debug > who is taking the devices names on this host? Is there a way to change that? > Of course I can change the rule files, but I want to understand *why* it > is created with eth_s2_0 instead of eth0. Seems you have installed biosdevname, which you probably shouldn't if you don't want a different namespace. Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html