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SubjectRe: origin of __tmp1930643048 network device name: kernel-space or user-space
Jan Engelhardt (jengelh@computergmbh.de) said: 
> >dear all,
> >I'm trying to track down a problem on a Sun V40Z server with 4 network
> >devices grabbing random ethX device names. now, trying to force the
> >device names to what I want, I got a __tmpXXXXX form of device name,
> >which I think is a half-configured device... but which piece of
> >software is to blame ??? kernel, udev, hotplug
>
> Look into dmesg. If the device was once known as ethX or similar,
> then it is userspace to blame.

It's userspace.

<off-topic for l-k, but while I'm here...>

I'm assuming you're running some sort of Fedora/RHEL/
derivative; this is what you get when you have a device that starts
out named ethX, but which needed to be renamed so that an already
configured ethX could be changed to that name.

For the new device, either add a HWADDR in a ifcfg-ethX file for
that interface, add something to /etc/mactab, or add a udev rule.

Bill
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