Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:24:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | Charlie Brady <> | Subject | RE: nic enumeration |
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On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Loke, Chetan wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel- > > owner@vger.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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