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    SubjectRe: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering

    On Aug 2 2007 14:00, Herbert Rosmanith wrote:
    >> Wait, you forget that something may change the name. That dmesg message
    >> from 1 second ago does not need to be valid anymore, just as anything
    >> else in this world.
    >
    >there are many things in this world which are usually very persistent, and
    >people rely on their persistence. e.g. in my office, I assume the phone number
    >is still the same I used 1 second ago ... but what has this to do with
    >ethernet device names? well: I expected the names persist - like they did
    >without udev. I'm used that things persist, as probably the rest of the world
    >:-)

    Yes, your telephone number persists even if you plug it into another
    jack (well, at least for my ISDN box, this holds true). Your names
    did persist - no card uses eth0 (which seems to belong to another one
    that is not currently installed). Note also that not the names per se
    are persistent, the (name,device) tuples are.


    Jan
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