On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 13:17, bert hubert wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 05:47:17AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> writes:
> >
> > > 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 ?
> >
> > Just assign mac addresses to names and run nameif early in boot.
>
> A slight problem with that is that not all parts of /proc/sys get renamed
> this way:
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.
Running it later is usually flakey. e.g. it can also give confusing
effects with old style named ip aliases.
-Andi
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