On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Loke, Chetan wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-kernel- > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Domsch > > Sent: July 07, 2010 9:21 PM > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/356900/ > > > > And on a system where you can use udev rules, the > > 70-persistent-net.rules file can be used to make them constant, by > > using the MAC address to force the names to be what you want. > > Ok, but can we achieve the renaming w/o a reboot? Yes, you can rename interfaces using the 'ip' command. ip link set oldname name newname -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html