On 8/2/06, Daniel Lawson <daniel(a)meta.net.nz> wrote:
Ian McDonald wrote:
I only get network interfaces changing on me between kernel/udev updates, if at all - never on just a reboot.
It is entirely possible to get them changing on a reboot without a kernel/udev update. Until I figured it out I was rebooting about 3 or 4 times until the devices came up in the order I wanted....
I suggest you have broken hardware if your ethernet cards are changing order. I've never seen this happen, other than on one machine which had a decidedly flaky motherboard.
Can you provide some more information, such as motherboard, card types, etc?
It's not broken motherboard - it's borked udev design as I understand what the kernel and udev is doing. udev is nondeterministic and runs parts in parallel so you get race like timing issues. This is why the thread started and why udev needs fixing to store device names between reboots - and as Bruce says so nicely - those who like their devices changing will have to do something else. -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand