* Chetan Loke: >> 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? "udev-trigger" or "udevadm trigger" works for renaming network interfaces. The kernel has some restrictions on renaming interfaces which are in use, so this might not work in your case. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- 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