> Hi Paul,
>
> This could be a problem with that ethernet interface not an issue with
> udev. Take a look at this:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=575805
Indeed, slightly different final octets with his board, but otherwise
looks like the same problem! Thanks for finding that, I didn't hit the
right keywords.
I've just minutes ago cloned the system to another box, Biostar
MoBo/Conroe CPU/P43 Chipset/RTL8169 NIC, yet to be tested.
> If this is the case, your MAC is OK on cold boot but partially zeroed
> when rebooting. You can check that in your machine.
Something like that. I didn't see a coldboot fixed everything,
especially not when udev had already made a 70-persistent-net.rules. For
me, deleting the file and warmbooting fixed it. I've got suspicions
about VIA's BIOS. This new install will be an alternative test.
> >> Bad idea. It needs to be something the init script can handle on
> >> its own.
> >
> > Why? If the kernel gets it right at the start, then the init
> > scripts or udev don't need to address the name at all.
> >
> > If you really need udev to handle it and there is only one network
> > drive, try removing the test ATTR{address}=="40:8d:5c:1f:92:99"
> > completely or make it something like
> > ATTR{address}=="40:8d:5c:??:??:??"
> >
>
> Why don't you try that? Yours could read something like this:
>
> ATTR{address}=="??:??:??:??:96:06"
>
> If you confirm that issue in your machine, this could handle the
> zeroing of the first four octets.
It would be a viable workaround specifically for these boards (I have
two, primary/backup). (There have been times I've wanted to revert to
the "LFS" kernel for a test. So it may come up again!)
It remains to be seen if it's a general problem. Discovering the MAC
address at installation or init time and diddling the rule doesn't
strike me as something udev would want me to do.
I'll see if this new box behaves the same. Perfect timing. ;-)
>
> Regards. Alz.
Thanks, again. Much appreciated. 8-)
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