linux-kernel - Re: nic enumeration

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Message-ID: <82tyo9i0n2.fsf@mid.bfk.de>
Date:	Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:18:25 +0000
From:	Florian Weimer <fweimer@....de>
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

* Chetan Loke:

>> 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? 

"udev-trigger" or "udevadm trigger" works for renaming network
interfaces.  The kernel has some restrictions on renaming interfaces
which are in use, so this might not work in your case.

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