On mercoledì 25 aprile 2007, Antoine Martin wrote: > Jeff Dike wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 07:43:21PM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote: > >> Using the exact same kernel config with 2.6.19.x works but not with > >> 2.6.20.x > >> > >> # ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc up > >> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > >> eth1: unknown interface: No such device > >> eth1: unknown interface: No such device > >> eth1: unknown interface: No such device > > > > Works here - what do ifconfig -a and dmesg say? > > Ah, DOH! > Could it be that the randomization of the mac address made it appear as > eth4 and not eth1... (why eth4 and not eth3 or eth2, beats me) > Until now all kernels made it appear as eth1.
Hmm... Ubuntu renames interfaces based on their MAC address, which are listed in /etc/iftab. Dunno about other distributions. If there are so many interfaces and they were just reordered, this could be caused by a (non-existant) change in link order. Or (I don't know how) it could derive some way from the fact that interfaces are initialized later (instead of __initcall, late_initcall is now used). -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can add them to my list! Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
