On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:48:21 +0100
Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am in the process of building up an old MSI K8M890M2-V motherboard,
> > with an Athlon 64X2 at 3.8Ghz on it, to be used for cnc machine control,
> > and while I finally did get networking up and running, I was amazed to
> > find that udev would create an eth0 on finding an 8139too on the
> > motherboard, this is in dmesg, but then renames it to eth5! Fixing
> > my /etc/network/interfaces file to bring up eth5 made it work normally.
> >
> > But call me bumfuzzled by that remaning, what genius thought that was a
> > good idea?
> >
> > And I've not found an entry in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net that
> > would explain it. Can someone advise as to the reasoning for that?
>
> It is counting the networks cards that it has met since it was installed, I
> think. If it bothers you, try reinstalling.
Is there a way to make udev "forget" the names it has assigned ?
Cheers,
Ron.
--
And it should be the law: If you use the word `paradigm' without knowing
what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions.
-- David Jones
-- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150727112234.1ced0...@ron.cerrocora.org
