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Re: [LUG] Naming a device with udev

 

On 2/27/07, James Wonnacott <jwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm trying to give a friendly name to my interfaces.
>
> I've googled on the subject and found various udev rule samples, none of
> which seem to work.
>

Have you considered ifrename, i think it does what you want here.

I don't think eth0 is a udev thing thats set by the linux network
layer not the lower device/sysfs layer.




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