Re: udev, net device alias
Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>
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On 05/22/2012 12:08 PM, Michal Filka wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to create an alias for an ethernet device using udev > rules? E.g. to have eth0 accessible even as "eth0" and "eth-alias" > at the same time. > Here holds the Highlander-Mantra: There can only be one. Network devices do not have symlinks, but rather live in the kernel namespace. And the name is the primary key for finding this device. To have network device aliases you would need to implement an additional infrastructure within the kernel. And get that past Dave Miller :-) Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage [email protected] +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html