Re: stock kernel 2.6.12 eth0/eth1 swapped
On Dec 10, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:06:37PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
I've hit another snag trying to get etch up and running on my G4
Cube.
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The bottom line is that a 2.6.12 stock kernel cannot access the
network.
I have definitely a problem with believing that one ... :)
Yeah, so did I, but Im still frustrated. So, let me be more precise:
- The bottom line is that the 2.6 kernel's introduction of unstable
network device names breaks pre-existing network configurations
without warning and there is no ready guidance on how to fix the
problem.
There're lot's of suggestions out there--involving /etc/iftab, /etc/
mactab, ifrename, hotplug, et al--but nothing definitive. I have yet
to find any providing /etc/init.d scripts!
I'm a bit lost as to whether ifrename is the ''correct'' way to
correct this problem. Its man page reports that it _cannot reliably_
rename eth0 and eth1.
I never, IIRC, used 'ifrename'..
IIRC: I did a 'ifconfig -a', checked which interface were the correct
one I needed for my Ethernet connection, and then set the
/etc/network/interfaces file to exactly the interface (i.e. eth0,
eth1, whatever ...) that was recognised by the system to be
responsible for my (wired) ethernet connection to the world ... :)
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All the above only provided my lousy memory serves me well ... :)
Have any of you folks encountered this?
Yes, at least similar to it:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/10/threads.html#00149
HTH
Yeah, it helps a bit. But things just break again when I go back to
a 2.4 kernel and device names revert. What I'd like is a standard
approach to get a configuration that works for both 2.4 and 2.6
series kernels.
Assuming a debian solution exists, I'll ask the question this way:
- What package establishes stable names for the network interfaces?
e.g. apt-get install <<what_pkg??>> and dpkg-reconfigure <<what pkg??>>
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