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[ale] eth numbering change
- Subject: [ale] eth numbering change
- From: philip at turmel.org (Phil Turmel)
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 15:42:18 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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On 02/09/2017 12:34 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 02/09/2017 12:15 PM, Phil Turmel wrote:
>> Don't use ethX names with modern kernels. Period.
>
> Why? I force the new-name (which is a hassle) into the name I want ...
> eth[0-9].
Because the renaming is also asynchronous, and you can have the name you
want be temporarily occupied by a device that just showed up, and then
the renaming fails.
It's only safe if you only have one network device.