On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Guus Sliepen wrote: > The manual page says this about the -t option: > > -t Enable name takeover support. [...] This works only with kernel > 2.6.X and if the other interface is down. Consequently, this is not > compatible with Hotplug. [...] In any case, name swapping and the use of > this feature is discouraged, and you are invited to choose unique and > unambiguous names for your interfaces... > > I think it is best to follow the advice in the last sentence.
further thoughts on this... if someone wants to follow the advice it's trivial even if -t has been specified -- they just don't use ethN for their device names. however if someone (such as me) wants to ensure that eth0 remains a specific device no matter what module/udev/hotplug/etc. nonsense is going on to reorder my device boot order, i can choose to rename eth0 provided your init script uses the -t option. especially if you've renumbered from S40 to S37 as i mentioned... then it should all occur before the interfaces come up (although it seems to work for me even at S40, but that could be because i don't bring up all the available ethernets on my box). also if you put a comment in /etc/iftab saying "# name swapping may not work in all situations, see ifrename(8)" then it might avoid bug reports about name swapping not working. -dean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
