Re: NIC renaming does not rename /proc/sys/net/ipv4 Was: Re: NICs trading places ?

From: Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 12:50:41 EST


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.

-Andi
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