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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:25:20 +0100
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
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Subject: Re: NIC renaming does not rename /proc/sys/net/ipv4 Was: Re: NICs trading places ?
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Previously Andi Kleen wrote:
> Just rename at early boot before IP is set up.  That is what i usually
> do - set up /etc/mactab and run it very early at boot.

How does that solve the problem of /proc/sys/net/*/conf/* not being
renamed?

Another problem is that nameif only supports ethernet devices currently,
making it an incomplete solution.

Wichert.

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