Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758881AbWLCXYM (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:24:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758904AbWLCXYM (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:24:12 -0500 Received: from pythia.bakeyournoodle.com ([203.82.209.197]:11406 "EHLO pythia.bakeyournoodle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758881AbWLCXYL (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:24:11 -0500 From: Tony Breeds Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:23:45 +1100 To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: Device naming randomness (udev?) Message-ID: <20061203232345.GK27551@bakeyournoodle.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Martin J. Bligh" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg Kroah-Hartman References: <45735230.7030504@mbligh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45735230.7030504@mbligh.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1044 Lines: 27 On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 02:39:44PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > This PC has 1 ethernet interface, an e1000. Ubuntu Dapper. > > On 2.6.14, my e1000 interface appears as eth0. > On 2.6.15 to 2.6.18, my e1000 interface appears as eth1. > > In both cases, there are no other ethX interfaces listed in > "ifconfig -a". There are no modules involved, just a static > kernel build. > > Is this a bug in udev, or the kernel? I'm presuming udev, > but seems odd it changes over a kernel release boundary. > Any ideas on how I get rid of it? Makes automatic switching > between kernel versions a royal pain in the ass. Have a look at /etc/iftab. Yours Tony linux.conf.au http://linux.conf.au/ || http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ Jan 15-20 2007 The Australian Linux Technical Conference! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/