Author: bryan
Date: 2006-11-05 20:45:49 -0700 (Sun, 05 Nov 2006)
New Revision: 7853
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter07/network.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
Log:
Delete the persistent-net-generator rules file when using bus positions for
network device name assignments. Fixes #1912.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-11-03 08:07:26 UTC (rev 7852)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-11-06 03:45:49 UTC (rev 7853)
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2006-11-05</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bryan] - Delete the persistent-net-generator rules file if
+ bus-position-based persistence is going to be used. Fixes
#1912.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2006-11-03</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter07/network.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter07/network.xml 2006-11-03 08:07:26 UTC (rev 7852)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter07/network.xml 2006-11-06 03:45:49 UTC (rev 7853)
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@
NAME="<replaceable>intel</replaceable>"</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Udev has installed a rule_generator rules file that uses MAC
+ addresses, not bus positions. Rules generated by this file will conflict
+ with the rules you just created, so delete the file:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>rm
/etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules</userinput></screen>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>You will also have to remember to create a new bus-position-based
+ rule each time you plug in an additional network card. In a MAC address
+ based persistence scheme, the rule_generator rules file would do this
+ automatically.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>Regardless of which method you use, these rules will always rename
the network cards to <quote>realtek</quote> and <quote>intel</quote>,
independently of the original numbering provided by the kernel (i.e.: the
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-11-03 08:07:26 UTC (rev 7852)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-11-06 03:45:49 UTC (rev 7853)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061103">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 3, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061105">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 5, 2006">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.3">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
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