On Tuesday 26 August 2008 21:18:25 Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an usb ethernet adapter in my nslu2. I wanted to keep the network
> interfaces persistent with udev:
>
> nslu2:~# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
> # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules
> # program, probably run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.
> #
> # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line.
>
> # Unknown net device (/class/net/eth0) (ixp400_eth)
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:18:39:28:f2:a9",
> NAME="eth0"
>
> # USB device 050d:0121 (pegasus)
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:05:1b:00:5a:39",
> NAME="eth1"
>
>
> This does not work for me:
> nslu2:~# zgrep Belkin /var/log/syslog.1.gz
> Aug 25 23:45:49 nslu2 kernel: pegasus 1-1:1.0: eth0, Belkin F5D5050 USB
> Ethernet, 00:05:1b:00:5a:39
> Aug 25 23:57:05 nslu2 kernel: pegasus 1-1:1.0: eth0, Belkin F5D5050 USB
> Ethernet, 00:05:1b:00:5a:39
> nslu2:~# grep Belkin /var/log/syslog
> Aug 26 18:57:28 nslu2 kernel: pegasus 1-1:1.0: eth1, Belkin F5D5050 USB
> Ethernet, 00:05:1b:00:5a:39
> Aug 26 20:06:34 nslu2 kernel: pegasus 1-1:1.0: eth1, Belkin F5D5050 USB
> Ethernet, 00:05:1b:00:5a:39
> nslu2:~#
>
> Actually it worked for a long time reliably, but since the last kernel
> upgrade to
>
> nslu2:~# uname -a
> Linux nslu2 2.6.18-6-ixp4xx #1 Tue Aug 19 20:03:53 UTC 2008 armv5tel
> GNU/Linux nslu2:~# dpkg -s linux-image-2.6.18-6-ixp4xx
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-ixp4xx
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: admin
> Installed-Size: 25028
> Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Architecture: arm
> Source: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch2
> Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6, linux-modules-2.6.18-6-ixp4xx
> Depends: module-init-tools (>= 0.9.13), coreutils (>= 5.96),
> initramfs-tools (>= 0.55) | yaird (>= 0.0.12-8) | linux-initramfs-tool
> Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.2.17) | debconf-2.0
> Suggests: linux-doc-2.6.18, fdutils
> Conflicts: initramfs-tools (<< 0.55), yaird (<< 0.0.12-8)
> Description: Linux 2.6.18 image on IXP4xx
> This package provides the binary image and pre-built loadable modules for
> Linux kernel 2.6.18 on IXP4xx based (Linksys NSLU2, etc) machines.
> nslu2:~#
>
>
> I see the interfaces changing.
>
>
> Does anybody have an idea what could go wrong here?
>
> Thanks,
> Rainer
>
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What do you mean by "I see the interface changing." does it change with every
reboot? or is it now called eth1 where it used to be eth0.
If it's just that it got renamed, then I'd remove the first interface
in "/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules" and change the second one
from eth1 to eth0
HTH
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