Re: Controlling eth0,eth1,... assignment order?

[Stefhen Hovland <stefhen.hovland@gmail.com>]

i think ifrename will do what you are asking, you can specify that
eth0 always be bound to x, and eth1 always bound to y, etc..


http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ifrename

stefhen

On 12/29/05, Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com> wrote:
> With the new way of device creation and module loading (udev, discover
> etc) my ethernet modules (3c59x,8139too) are loaded in different order
> with kernels 2.6.12 and 2.6.14. For 2.6.14 3c59x is loaded first
> corresponding to eth0 and then 8139too corresponding to eth1. With
> kernel 2.6.12 they are loaded in reverse order, giving the wrong names
> on my interfaces, and the interfaces defined in /etc/network/interfaces
> becomes wrong. How to bind modules to eth interface numbers? Any hints
> on which of the /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf etc should be used, and
> which are obsolete?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>
>
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