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SubjectRe: Device naming randomness (udev?)
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 02:39:44PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> This PC has 1 ethernet interface, an e1000. Ubuntu Dapper.
>
> On 2.6.14, my e1000 interface appears as eth0.
> On 2.6.15 to 2.6.18, my e1000 interface appears as eth1.
>
> In both cases, there are no other ethX interfaces listed in
> "ifconfig -a". There are no modules involved, just a static
> kernel build.
>
> Is this a bug in udev, or the kernel? I'm presuming udev,
> but seems odd it changes over a kernel release boundary.
> Any ideas on how I get rid of it? Makes automatic switching
> between kernel versions a royal pain in the ass.

Have a look at /etc/iftab.

Yours Tony

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