Re: udev and NIC devices

Thank you for the reply

WAG: The kernel assigns the hardware when it sees it, apparently in
somewhat random order. Devices using different kernel modules may
also be loaded in arbitrary order.
I have found that, using an initramfs I can put the modules to be loaded in
the correct order (and the kernel respects that order) in the file
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
but inside the initram there is also the udev with the generation rules.
So when you create an initramfs you have also to check the
z25_persistent-net.rules generated in /etc/udev/rules.d/ before creating
the initram, because that file will be used during the boot and that's
where my NICs were renamed!

I have removed that file from the initramfs and now udev is respecting the
kernel name.

Thanks again
Maurizio
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