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Re: Bug#363598: udev should conflict with ifrename



On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 01:43:07AM +0200, Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> wrote:
> If you have not noticed yet, the latest udev release by default
> automatically generates rules to have persistent names for network
> interfaces.
> 
> I am inclined to agree with the bug reporter, but I want to double check
> and ask if anybody has other arguments.

The thing is that you could have ifrename installed for those older
kernels that don't support udev. But that would mean there should be
some way to disable ifrename depending on the kernel running and/or the
udev support for naming interfaces.

Mike



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