> -----Original Message----- > From: Florian Weimer [mailto:fweimer@xxxxxx] > Sent: July 09, 2010 3:18 AM > To: Loke, Chetan > Cc: Matt Domsch; Michael Di Domenico; linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: nic enumeration > > * 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. > > -- Ok, no renaming, I would like a reference. And symlink just doesn't work w/ the udevadm trigger business. We've tried that already. What needs to be changed in udev etc to create a soft link? Any place where I should start digging and gotchas to lookout for? > Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> Chetan Loke -- 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
