Messages in this thread | | | From | Herbert Rosmanith <> | Subject | Re: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering | Date | Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:42:56 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> > Strange or not, correct or not - depends on the point of view. > > The key word here is "udev" - check your udev rules. Since some time > ago udev on some distros comes with rules to give persistent device > names for network interfaces. Some time ago you had eth0 and eth1 > with different hardware, and udev remembered this fact somewhere. > Now it sees new hardware, and gives it consecutive numbers, renaming > kernel devices.
hu. where are the days when eth0 was eth0 ...
this means that, when I exchange a network card and replace it with a new one, it will cost an "ethX" device name each time.
FYI, distribution is latest Gentoo.
as a friend of mine puts it:
"Haha das is geil, das is wie bei Windows" "Wo er merkt, dass du ein neues Mainboard hast :)"
which translates:
"Haha, that's randy, that's like in Windows, which notices that you've got a new mainboard"
Bad, bad Ferdl! How dare you compare this to M$Windows ;-)
well, Michael, thanks for the help, herp
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