Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: NIC renaming does not rename /proc/sys/net/ipv4 Was: Re: NICs trading places ? | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 29 Mar 2003 18:50:41 +0100 |
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Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net> writes:
> > Just rename at early boot before IP is set up. That is what i usually > > do - set up /etc/mactab and run it very early at boot. > > How does that solve the problem of /proc/sys/net/*/conf/* not being > renamed?
They are only set up when the inet device structure is created. That happens at the first ifconfig/ip, not on driver init.
As for non ethernet devices - if you find a reliably way to identify/number them then the same principle can be used for them too.
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