Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:18:06 +0200 | From | Nico Schottelius <> | Subject | [Net] Kernel renams eth0 -> eth7 |
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Hello!
I am runnig 2.6.17.13 on a Geode, with 3 natsemi ports onboard and 4 ports in a pci card (soekris net4801).
The strange thing is, that it currently renames eth0 to eth7 and eth1 to eth8 (or somehow different).
Have a look at [0] for dmesg output. You'll see this:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ 64.643627] natsemi eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa0000000 (0000:00:06.0), 00:00:24:c5:69:5c, IRQ 10, port TP. [ 64.676833] natsemi eth1: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa0001000 (0000:00:07.0), 00:00:24:c5:69:5d, IRQ 10, port TP. [ 64.710006] natsemi eth2: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa0002000 (0000:00:08.0), 00:00:24:c5:69:5e, IRQ 10, port TP. [ 64.743402] natsemi eth3: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4000000 (0000:01:00.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:14, IRQ 5, port TP. [ 64.776463] natsemi eth4: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4001000 (0000:01:01.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:15, IRQ 11, port TP. [ 64.809891] natsemi eth5: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4002000 (0000:01:02.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:16, IRQ 5, port TP. [ 64.842982] natsemi eth6: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4003000 (0000:01:03.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:17, IRQ 11, port TP. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
which is correct. Later you see this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ 122.142761] eth8: DSPCFG accepted after 0 usec. [ 122.156411] eth8: link up. [ 122.164584] eth8: Setting full-duplex based on negotiated link capability. [ 122.719529] eth8: remaining active for wake-on-lan [ 122.927613] eth8: DSPCFG accepted after 0 usec. [ 122.941269] eth8: link up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- which feels really strange, because eth0 and eth1 simply 'disappeared'.
More information about the device can be found at [1]
My questions are:
- why is it getting renamed and why did it not happen some boots (before I moved) before (like in [2])? - how can I tell the kernel NOT to rename it anymore / what must I fix?
Any hints appreciated.
Sincerly
Nico
[0]: http://unix.schottelius.org/zwerg/dmesg.renamed.eth0%2c1 [1]: http://unix.schottelius.org/zwerg/ [2]: http://unix.schottelius.org/zwerg/dmesg
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