RE: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

Thanks Benoit, that was it ! Removing the entry in the iftab file stopped the renaming of the interface ! Regards, Paul - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

RE: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

Hello Benoit, > usually distro enable persistent interface naming with udev, check > /etc/iftab and see if you have something like > /etc/udev/something-iftab.rules Found this : # This file assigns persistent names to network interfaces. # See iftab(5) for syntax. eth0 mac 00:11:d8:a9:c0:c2 arp

Re: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

On 2/11/07, Paul Rolland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I'm facing something quite strange... When booting one of these kernels (it's a new machine, I've not been running older kernels), the boot message says : ACPI: PCI Interrupt :04:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 sky2 v1.10

Re: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

On 2/11/07, Paul Rolland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm facing something quite strange... When booting one of these kernels (it's a new machine, I've not been running older kernels), the boot message says : ACPI: PCI Interrupt :04:00.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 19 sky2 v1.10 addr

RE: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

Hello Benoit, usually distro enable persistent interface naming with udev, check /etc/iftab and see if you have something like /etc/udev/something-iftab.rules Found this : # This file assigns persistent names to network interfaces. # See iftab(5) for syntax. eth0 mac 00:11:d8:a9:c0:c2 arp 1

RE: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

Thanks Benoit, that was it ! Removing the entry in the iftab file stopped the renaming of the interface ! Regards, Paul - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at