On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Dave Jones wrote:
> I just upgraded a box with 2 NICs in it to 2.5.66, and found
> that what was eth0 in 2.4 is now eth1, and vice versa.
> Is this phenomenon intentional ? documented ?
> What caused it to do this ?
I've seen the same thing for 5+ years. Multiple things can
trigger it, eg:
Always having your NIC drivers compiled in, and then moving between
different kernel versions.
Going from modular NIC drivers to compiled in drivers can bite you.
Isn't life fun.
Dax
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