linux-kernel - RE: nic enumeration

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Date:	Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:24:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Charlie Brady <charlieb@...ge.apana.org.au>
To:	"Loke, Chetan" <Chetan.Loke@...scout.com>
cc:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	Michael Di Domenico <mdidomenico4@...il.com>,
	linux-net@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RE: nic enumeration


On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Loke, Chetan wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> > owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Matt Domsch
> > Sent: July 07, 2010 9:21 PM
> > 
> > http://lwn.net/Articles/356900/
> > 
> > And on a system where you can use udev rules, the
> > 70-persistent-net.rules file can be used to make them constant, by
> > using the MAC address to force the names to be what you want.
> 
> Ok, but can we achieve the renaming w/o a reboot? 

Yes, you can rename interfaces using the 'ip' command.

ip link set oldname name newname
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