Package: udev
Version: 0.124-5
Severity: normal
While testing with a new USB wlan card, I noticed that its interface wasn't
persistent between reboots, investigating deeper I found that
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules didn't pick up the new MAC
address. Removing the existing /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
and trying to regenerate it by rebooting or using
/lib/udev/write_net_rules all_interfaces
failed.
I can confirm this issue on a fresh install with udev 0.124-5 on amd64 and
i386; it does work with udev 0.114-2 (using z25_persistent-net.rules).
# bash -x /lib/udev/write_net_rules all_interfaces
+ RULES_FILE=/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
+ . /lib/udev/hotplug.functions
++ FIRMWARE_DIRS='/lib/firmware /usr/local/lib/firmware
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware'
++ EVENTS_DIR=/dev/.events
++ MODPROBE='/sbin/modprobe -s -q'
++ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
++ '[' -e /etc/default/hotplug ']'
++ '[' -x /usr/bin/logger ']'
++ LOGGER=/usr/bin/logger
++ '[' -t 1 -a -z /usr/bin/logger ']'
++ '[' '!' -e /dev/log ']'
++ '[' -t 1 ']'
+ '[' all_interfaces = all_interfaces ']'
+ '[' -e /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ']'
+ '[' '!' -e /sys/class/net/ ']'
+ write_all_rules
+ cd /sys/class/net/
+ for INTERFACE in '*'
+ case $INTERFACE in
+ INTERFACE=eth0
+ DEVPATH=/class/net/eth0
+ /lib/udev/write_net_rules
missing valid match
+ true
+ for INTERFACE in '*'
+ case $INTERFACE in
+ INTERFACE=eth1
+ DEVPATH=/class/net/eth1
+ /lib/udev/write_net_rules
missing valid match
+ true
+ for INTERFACE in '*'
+ case $INTERFACE in
+ continue
+ for INTERFACE in '*'
+ case $INTERFACE in
+ INTERFACE=wlan0
+ DEVPATH=/class/net/wlan0
+ /lib/udev/write_net_rules
missing valid match
+ true
+ for INTERFACE in '*'
+ case $INTERFACE in
+ continue
+ exit 0
$ udevinfo -a -p /class/net/eth0/
Udevinfo starts with the device specified by the devpath and then
walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device
found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.
A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device
and the attributes from one single parent device.
looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/net/eth0':
KERNEL=="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net"
DRIVER==""
ATTR{addr_len}=="6"
ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0"
ATTR{iflink}=="2"
ATTR{ifindex}=="2"
ATTR{features}=="0x10029"
ATTR{type}=="1"
ATTR{link_mode}=="0"
ATTR{address}=="00:0f:ea:e9:14:7f"
ATTR{broadcast}=="ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff"
ATTR{carrier}=="1"
ATTR{dormant}=="0"
ATTR{operstate}=="unknown"
ATTR{mtu}=="1500"
ATTR{flags}=="0x1003"
ATTR{tx_queue_len}=="1000"
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/net':
KERNELS=="net"
SUBSYSTEMS==""
DRIVERS==""
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0':
KERNELS=="0000:00:0a.0"
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci"
DRIVERS=="forcedeth"
ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10de"
ATTRS{device}=="0x0057"
ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1458"
ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0xe000"
ATTRS{class}=="0x068000"
ATTRS{irq}=="21"
ATTRS{local_cpus}=="00000003"
ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-1"
ATTRS{modalias}=="pci:v000010DEd00000057sv00001458sd0000E000bc06sc80i00"
ATTRS{numa_node}=="0"
ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0"
ATTRS{msi_bus}==""
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00':
KERNELS=="pci0000:00"
SUBSYSTEMS==""
DRIVERS==""
$ find /sys/class/net/eth0/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec grep -H . {} \;
/sys/class/net/eth0/uevent:INTERFACE=eth0
/sys/class/net/eth0/uevent:IFINDEX=2
/sys/class/net/eth0/addr_len:6
/sys/class/net/eth0/dev_id:0x0
/sys/class/net/eth0/iflink:2
/sys/class/net/eth0/ifindex:2
/sys/class/net/eth0/features:0x10029
/sys/class/net/eth0/type:1
/sys/class/net/eth0/link_mode:0
/sys/class/net/eth0/address:00:0f:ea:e9:14:7f
/sys/class/net/eth0/broadcast:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
/sys/class/net/eth0/carrier:1
/sys/class/net/eth0/dormant:0
/sys/class/net/eth0/operstate:unknown
/sys/class/net/eth0/mtu:1500
/sys/class/net/eth0/flags:0x1003
/sys/class/net/eth0/tx_queue_len:1000
Regards
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/udev/rules.d/:
/etc/udev/rules.d/:
insgesamt 172
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 21. Okt 2007 025_libgphoto2.rules ->
../libgphoto2.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 21. Okt 2007 025_logitechmouse.rules ->
../logitechmouse.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 1. Dez 2007 45-hplip.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3472 20. Jul 19:24 50-udev.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 980 21. Apr 14:42 55-hpmud.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1543 8. Jul 17:24 60-persistent-input.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4365 8. Jul 17:24 60-persistent-storage.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1582 11. Jul 15:54 60-persistent-storage-tape.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 523 8. Jul 17:24 60-persistent-v4l.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1642 23. Jul 23:50 70-persistent-cd.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 452 8. Jul 17:24 75-cd-aliases-generator.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3110 20. Jul 19:24 75-persistent-net-generator.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2282 19. Jul 02:09 80-drivers.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4247 20. Jul 19:24 91-permissions.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 592 8. Jul 17:24 95-late.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 29. Jun 03:36 libmtp7.rules -> ../libmtp7.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 23. Jan 23:33 libnjb.rules -> ../libnjb.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 21. Okt 2007 z60_alsa-utils.rules ->
../alsa-utils.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 21. Okt 2007 z60_hdparm.rules -> ../hdparm.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2656 1. Jan 2008 z60_libpisock9.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14883 1. Mär 15:59 z60_libsane-extras.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72908 22. Jul 23:20 z60_libsane.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80 20. Okt 2007 z60_virtualbox-ose.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6661 2. Dez 2007 z60_xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 16. Jun 21:07 z99_hal.rules -> ../hal.rules
-- /sys/:
/sys/block/dm-0/dev
/sys/block/dm-1/dev
/sys/block/dm-2/dev
/sys/block/dm-3/dev
/sys/block/fd0/dev
/sys/block/hda/dev
/sys/block/hda/hda1/dev
/sys/block/hdc/dev
/sys/block/hdd/dev
/sys/block/ram0/dev
/sys/block/ram10/dev
/sys/block/ram11/dev
/sys/block/ram12/dev
/sys/block/ram13/dev
/sys/block/ram14/dev
/sys/block/ram15/dev
/sys/block/ram1/dev
/sys/block/ram2/dev
/sys/block/ram3/dev
/sys/block/ram4/dev
/sys/block/ram5/dev
/sys/block/ram6/dev
/sys/block/ram7/dev
/sys/block/ram8/dev
/sys/block/ram9/dev
/sys/block/sda/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda1/dev
/sys/block/sdb/dev
/sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev
/sys/block/sdb/sdb2/dev
/sys/block/sdb/sdb3/dev
/sys/class/drm/card0/dev
/sys/class/dvb/dvb0.demux0/dev
/sys/class/dvb/dvb0.dvr0/dev
/sys/class/dvb/dvb0.frontend0/dev
/sys/class/dvb/dvb0.net0/dev
/sys/class/graphics/fb0/dev
/sys/class/hidraw/hidraw0/dev
/sys/class/input/input0/event0/dev
/sys/class/input/input0/mouse0/dev
/sys/class/input/input1/event1/dev
/sys/class/input/input3/event2/dev
/sys/class/input/input3/mouse1/dev
/sys/class/input/input4/event3/dev
/sys/class/input/input5/event4/dev
/sys/class/input/input6/event5/dev
/sys/class/input/input7/event6/dev
/sys/class/input/mice/dev
/sys/class/misc/cpu_dma_latency/dev
/sys/class/misc/device-mapper/dev
/sys/class/misc/fuse/dev
/sys/class/misc/hpet/dev
/sys/class/misc/mcelog/dev
/sys/class/misc/network_latency/dev
/sys/class/misc/network_throughput/dev
/sys/class/misc/psaux/dev
/sys/class/misc/rtc/dev
/sys/class/misc/snapshot/dev
/sys/class/ppdev/parport0/dev
/sys/class/printer/lp0/dev
/sys/class/sound/adsp/dev
/sys/class/sound/audio/dev
/sys/class/sound/controlC0/dev
/sys/class/sound/dsp/dev
/sys/class/sound/mixer/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0c/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0p/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1c/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D2p/dev
/sys/class/sound/seq/dev
/sys/class/sound/sequencer2/dev
/sys/class/sound/sequencer/dev
/sys/class/sound/timer/dev
/sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/dev
/sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.3/dev
/sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.1/dev
/sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.1_ep00/dev
/sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.1_ep81/dev
/sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep00/dev
/sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep81/dev
/sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.1_ep00/dev
/sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.1_ep81/dev
/sys/class/usbmon/usbmon0/dev
/sys/class/usbmon/usbmon1/dev
/sys/class/usbmon/usbmon2/dev
/sys/class/video4linux/vbi0/dev
/sys/class/video4linux/video0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb1/1-9/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:01:0a.0/fw0/dev
-- Kernel configuration:
isapnp_init not present.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages udev depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.23 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libselinux1 2.0.65-2 SELinux shared libraries
ii libvolume-id0 0.124-5 libvolume_id shared library
ii lsb-base 3.2-15 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
udev recommends no packages.
udev suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
udev/new_kernel_needed: false
udev/reboot_needed:
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