Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: network devices and passing options to kernel | Date | Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:16:36 +0100 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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lauri.tischler@efore.fi said: > Yes, by using 'ip' from package 'iproute2', but the name of interface > depends on three things, loading order of drivers, pcidevice BIOS > detection and probing method of driver, you have no control over the > last two. --
The name that the kernel initially assigns to the interface is fairly random. However, you can easily write a program which scans all the available interfaces just after booting, and renames them all to whatever you want.
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