[ale] Controlling network interface order in 2.6 kernel

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Tony Carter wrote:

>On Monday 13 December 2004 20:27, Jeffrey B. Layton wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>
>>   I'm upgrading a machine to FC3 that has two ethernet interfaces.
>>They are coming up in the reverse order compared to the 2.4
>>kernel. So, the NIC associated with eth0 before is now associated
>>with eth1 under 2.6. I'd like to control the order if possible. I found
>>one link that might help,
>>
>>http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/network-interface-names.txt
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>>but I'd rather not go through this painful task of having to rework
>>all of the interfaces, particularly if I have to reinstall FC3 (I don't
>>want to have to redo everything again). Does anyone have any
>>suggestions?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Jeff
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>If your using a custom built kernel, you could always unselect "Automatic 
>Kernel module loading" and  load them in modules.conf.
>-Tony
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That's my next step :) However, I'd like to figure out how
to control the stock RH kernel.

Thanks!

Jeff