* Wouter Verhelst: > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:53:55PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Bernd Zeimetz: >> > Being able to rename an interface without messing with udev is a >> > feature, not a bug. >> >> I think you can't rename most interfaces after the boot process >> anyway. Or has the kernel been changed and can rename interfaces >> which are in use? > > How on earth does 'network interface is in use' correlate to 'the system > is booting'? > > ip link set <dev> down > ip addr flush dev <dev> > <rename address>
Hmm, this did not really work a couple of years ago once there was some process using the network interface in a substantial way. I see this has improved (and libpcap runs into an infinite loop, yay). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
