Problem with udev and ethX naming in latest Fedora 19.

[Ben Greear]

On 08/15/2013 07:18 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 15.08.2013 16:05, schrieb Ben Greear:
>>> with 4 NIC's this was never predictable and mostly luck
>>> the only stupid thing is that this this new crap names also appear
>>> if there is only one NIC or at least only identical ones with
>>> the same driver what makes race-conditions unlikely
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>> I understand why the names come up jumbled on bootup, but there is no excuse
>> for udev not being able to properly rename them as requested
>
> ask Kay Sievers , he is able to explain it to you too
>
> in short:
> the kernel may also rename the devices as they come up
> if kernel want make one nic to eth1 and udev at the same time another one -> collision

That's fine.  Udev can just detect the collision and try again, potentially
moving the other one to a new name.  That is what it has done for years,
in between bugs that caused eth0.rename devices to be left lying around.

Thanks,
Ben


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