Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755958AbXIDUuz (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:50:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754536AbXIDUus (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:50:48 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:25749 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754532AbXIDUur (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:50:47 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=mnFTRgis/Db+xJTUP+8mAVOVlDrap3mrdlFCZX/X3h5FMl/b/y8vRJ6Bu5doOj3xWXCXbzBfWHbhuzEMwslWVXl03SwCFHButhKbeQWd3NdLmU85JJwYLVEM7+/KlLuFWn29pZ9HBOPS9yIqwbQdAoGFMtV7/1UaMTo04LErweE= Message-ID: <3ae72650709041350s594888c7jbb2e93af9c805f7b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:50:43 +0200 From: "Kay Sievers" To: "davide rossetti" Subject: Re: origin of __tmp1930643048 network device name: kernel-space or user-space Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <6e7a378f0709041014m24448117s96d6f9b60fad7872@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6e7a378f0709041014m24448117s96d6f9b60fad7872@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 498a3ce9dd11ed14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 830 Lines: 20 On 9/4/07, davide rossetti wrote: > 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) I don't think any of the mentioned tools is to blame. Please use the distro's bugtracker. Thanks, Kay - 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/