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On 2013-04-07 4:09 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 10:25:50AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> On 2013-04-05 4:11 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> Do you have your network interface drivers built into the kernel or are |
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>>> they modules? |
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>> I'm very interested in the significance of this question... |
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>> My server is module free, so all drivers are built into the kernel. |
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> The significance is that the kernel determines the eth* name order. |
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> Right now, you are lucky in that the order is what you think it should |
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> be, but if something changes in the kernel causing your cards to be |
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> initialized in a different order, you will not be allowed to swap them |
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> around in the eth* name space, e.g. eth1 can't become eth0 or visa |
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> versa. |
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> That is why it is recommended that you use something like net0, net1, |
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> etc for your interface names. |
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Wow... that is actually what I was thinking it meant, but wasn't sure... |
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Thanks for the validation! |
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