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Syslog contains: +</I>>><i> Aug 15 22:48:29 zem systemd-udevd[404]: error changing net interface +</I>>><i> name eth0 to eth1: File exists +</I>>><i> Aug 15 22:48:29 zem systemd-udevd[404]: error changing net interface +</I>>><i> name eth1 to eth0: File exists +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Of course this has worked for years, so it breaking is not something +</I>>><i> anyone would expect. It also seems to be unneeded. After some looking +</I>>><i> around I could (temporarily) fix it quite easily by adding: +</I>>><i> ifrename -i eth0 -n rename0 +</I>>><i> ifrename -i eth1 -n rename1 +</I>>><i> ifrename -i rename0 +</I>>><i> ifrename -i rename1 +</I>>><i> to /etc/init.d/network and describing the mapping in /etc/iftab . So now +</I>>><i> I have two questions: +</I>>><i> - Has anyone else seen this? +</I>>><i> - What change is causing this: kernel, udev/systemd, or something else? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> The network devices use the same driver so there is no other way to +</I>>><i> distinguish them than by MAC address or PCI ID. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yeah this is no longer supported upstream as it was apparently very +</I>><i> hacky. Last time I asked Kay about it, there was something else to +</I>><i> replace it but I've not followed up what that is recently. I'll ask him +</I>><i> again next time we're chatting. +</I> +So it's udev (I tried to install an old udev but that didn't work). Commit +looks to be: +<A HREF="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/src/udev?id=97595710b77aa162ca5e20da57d0a1ed7355eaad">http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/src/udev?id=97595710b77aa162ca5e20da57d0a1ed7355eaad</A> + +Waiting 90s hoping the interface name becomes available is no fun of +course but in fact this works fine when the user configured it properly: +it did exactly what I now use as workaround only without global control. +So we could simply revert it but I wonder why this change was considered +necessary. So far I have not found any discussion about it. + + + Christiaan +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="018205.html">[Mageia-dev] network interface renaming not working anymore +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="018207.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron nonfree/release kmod-nvidia-current-295.71-2.mga3.nonfree +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#18206">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#18206">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#18206">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#18206">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |