Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755806AbXIDROb (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:14:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754779AbXIDROX (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:14:23 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.186]:52919 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752508AbXIDROW (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:14:22 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=DICWn2+IvNaaeVqhYq5uT6d/FcrOgs4yWvwpvzK3jp1b9rbvuaY7KItAMRoaYlLFjjkglWMQlHUWilA8Ipsc1uFy7ojyTr5LLiJk5QUREyoeRM+/ej1ALc3HOvfnS0qpupDu1vFN9FLooqf0/8XM2gUPkmQvZKc1DtyGf8ujR4c= Message-ID: <6e7a378f0709041014m24448117s96d6f9b60fad7872@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:14:20 +0200 From: "davide rossetti" To: linux-kernel Subject: origin of __tmp1930643048 network device name: kernel-space or user-space MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2194 Lines: 53 dear all, I'm trying to track down a problem on a Sun V40Z server with 4 network devices grabbing random ethX device names. now, trying to force the device names to what I want, I got a __tmpXXXXX form of device name, which I think is a half-configured device... but which piece of software is to blame ??? kernel, udev, hotplug it is a Fedora Core 6, fully updated (kernel-2.6.22.2-42.fc6 udev-095-17.fc6.x86_64) ifconfig reports it as: __tmp1930643048 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:CA:BC:CB BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Base address:0x3040 Memory:e70a0000-e70c0000 bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:CA:BC:CA inet addr:10.0.0.139 Bcast:10.0.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::204:23ff:feca:bcca/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1300152 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:509271 (497.3 KiB) eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:CA:BC:CA inet6 addr: fe80::204:23ff:feca:bcca/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1300152 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:509271 (497.3 KiB) Base address:0x3000 Memory:e7080000-e70a0000 .... help appreciated... so much :( davide -- davide.rossetti@gmail.com ICQ:290677265 SKYPE:d.rossetti -- davide.rossetti@gmail.com ICQ:290677265 SKYPE:d.rossetti - 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/