Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755552AbXHBKod (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:44:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751594AbXHBKo0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:44:26 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:34980 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753335AbXHBKoZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:44:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:44:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Herbert Rosmanith cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering In-Reply-To: <200708021020.l72AKvjC008561@wildsau.enemy.org> Message-ID: References: <200708021020.l72AKvjC008561@wildsau.enemy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 924 Lines: 29 On Aug 2 2007 12:20, Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > >I see a strange numbering of ethernet devices with a VIA EPIA EK >board. This board has two ethernet connectors, you can see it >here: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=420 Maybe udev is configured to do renaming on the interfaces? >an "ifconfig eth"0(eth1) will report: Hence use `ip a`. >pretty strange?! I dont think this is the correct behaviour, is it? No, not strange at all. At least openSUSE ensures (or TRIES - there are _really_ broken chips out there that change their MAC every boot) that each card has the same interface name regardless of load order etc. Jan -- - 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/