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From:	Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Switching from eudev to udev, disaster.
Date:	Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:18:52
Message-Id:	`08647f44-435b-f008-7084-ce265a0bf902@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: Switching from eudev to udev, disaster. by Grant Edwards

1	On 12/1/21 10:02 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
2	> IIRC, there are situations where using udev rules to rename them
3	> "ethN" based on MAC addresses will fail because that can conflict
4	> with the low-level kernel names. Or something like that.
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6	I don't think I ever ran into a problem re-using the original kernel
7	eth# names /as/ /long/ /as/ the target name wasn't currently in use.
8	Sometimes I needed to vacate the target name before I could re-use it.
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13	Grant. . . .
14	unix \|\| die