On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 01:41:28PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote > If people are using ethx names and getting away with it it is probably > because they are loading the drivers as modules, or by chance the kernel > is initializing the cards in the order they expect. There is no > guarantee that will stay consistent.
Question; will the following work reliably? IANAD (I Am Not A Developer) which is why I'm asking. * on a machine with multiple network cards *ALL USING DIFFERENT DRIVERS* * drivers are built as modules, not built-in into the kernel * is it possible to set things up so that the network driver modules do not load automatically at bootup? * have a script in /etc/local.d/ (or wherever) modprobe the drivers in the desired order I can see complications involving services that depend on net (e.g. sshd), but in general, would it work reliably? I.e. would the order of initial modprobe'ing determine the device names (eth/0/1/2/etc)? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
