Problem with udev and ethX naming in latest Fedora 19.

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu Aug 15 14:18:11 UTC 2013



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
> 
> 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

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