Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756620Ab0GLS1g (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:27:36 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:59124 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756577Ab0GLS1f (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:27:35 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Spb5MdYDhQDp3/eqPv87gVBAEGkBij6wFOyiVmN7euxZwtT5sfHES4BGtss6VLgHLj hgxC8H1LJkHzOTdheGEYpx4Y2ZtVYQMmIe1Ady1k+ouYC5UhvNDduDc4Ou8UQGGhykf+ KduaS8yPL7DoCBoEYlKhSJzTwnj2QeT67O1CM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20100708012120.GB11419@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com> <82tyo9i0n2.fsf@mid.bfk.de> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:27:33 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: nic enumeration From: Steve Fink To: "Loke, Chetan" Cc: Florian Weimer , linux-net@vger.kernel.org, Matt Domsch , Michael Di Domenico , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kay.sievers@vrfy.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 922 Lines: 20 >> I only partially understand your problem, but I am still wondering if >> my bridge idea would work for you. (Preferably combined with udev >> rules or whatever so the bridges are unnecessary after the next >> reboot.) > > Why a bridge? Just to get around naming issues? Yes. I wasn't claiming it was a *good* way to fix it. Just wondering if it would work. I have no idea whether it makes sense or not, not really knowing much about this stuff myself. I tried it on my workstation. It's a good way to kick yourself off the network. But it does work in the simplest possible case, if you fix up routing afterwards. I don't know whether bridges can be usefully used by VMs. -- 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/