On Jan 21, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote: > Yes, I understand all this, and appreciate I could simply have changed the > persistent net rules file instead - it's six and two threes. What I am > driving at is that this issue downed one box, and is currently undocumented. > It is also confusing, because I have another box with the same > configuration, and that did not go down with the upgrade. > > You and Michael have given me the explanation, and I have recitifed the > issue personally, but I was hoping to be able to document it, if it is > confirmed as an issue. I also should ask the question: is there anything I > could have done to prevent the issue from happening in the first place? > > Tom
Good question... *Normally* the 0.6 network interface ordering should be replicated in 0.7, assuming the drivers were modprobe'd in /etc/rc.modules in the same order. In your case, it appears your "Berofix" driver was loaded first in 0.6 and last in 0.7. In 0.7 'udev' is used to discover devices, not so much in 0.6, so there is a difference. I can't say I understand why the ordering changed on one of your boxes and not the other. We do need to add documentation on the "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file, particularly when moving a CF card to a different box or replacing a network card. Possibly under "Tips and Tricks" ? If you move the CF card to another box, it is best to remove the "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file before moving the CF card. If "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" does not exist on first boot, it will be automatically created. If you replace a network PCI card/USB device/etc., edit the "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file to reflect the new MAC address. Lonnie >> On Jan 21, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote: >> >>> Just to confirm: prior to the upgrade, the NICs were: >>> >>> eth0 Berofix >>> eth1 INTIF >>> eth2 EXTIF >>> br0 eth0 eth1 >>> >>> After upgrading to 0.7, they were: >>> >>> eth0 INTIF >>> eth1 EXTIF >>> eth4 Berofix >>> br0 eth0 eth1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
