Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758068Ab0GIQ16 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:27:58 -0400 Received: from exprod6og111.obsmtp.com ([64.18.1.27]:50092 "HELO exprod6og111.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757935Ab0GIQ14 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:27:56 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: nic enumeration Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:27:53 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <82tyo9i0n2.fsf@mid.bfk.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: nic enumeration Thread-Index: AcsfNw/4ArRNoJy/S/60D9nOVwK+DgAPwn2Q References: <20100708012120.GB11419@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> <82tyo9i0n2.fsf@mid.bfk.de> From: "Loke, Chetan" To: "Florian Weimer" , Cc: "Matt Domsch" , "Michael Di Domenico" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jul 2010 16:27:54.0568 (UTC) FILETIME=[AEE60C80:01CB1F83] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1310 Lines: 40 > -----Original Message----- > From: Florian Weimer [mailto:fweimer@bfk.de] > Sent: July 09, 2010 3:18 AM > To: Loke, Chetan > Cc: Matt Domsch; Michael Di Domenico; linux-net@vger.kernel.org; linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: nic enumeration > > * Chetan Loke: > > >> And on a system where you can use udev rules, the > >> 70-persistent-net.rules file can be used to make them constant, by > >> using the MAC address to force the names to be what you want. > >> > > > > Ok, but can we achieve the renaming w/o a reboot? > > "udev-trigger" or "udevadm trigger" works for renaming network > interfaces. The kernel has some restrictions on renaming interfaces > which are in use, so this might not work in your case. > > -- Ok, no renaming, I would like a reference. And symlink just doesn't work w/ the udevadm trigger business. We've tried that already. What needs to be changed in udev etc to create a soft link? Any place where I should start digging and gotchas to lookout for? > Florian Weimer Chetan Loke -- 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/