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authorBryan Kadzban <bryan@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-11-06 03:45:49 +0000
committerBryan Kadzban <bryan@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-11-06 03:45:49 +0000
commit97c1e3ce45ef293896200d1de821ac8c8561b253 (patch)
treef0852968416fc7e6b424fe12413c9c9bffb03c57
parent9f20df31280ec47f4a92a2e32061264d2b0910a3 (diff)
Delete the persistent-net-generator rules file when using bus positions for network device name assignments. Fixes #1912.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7853 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml10
-rw-r--r--chapter07/network.xml13
-rw-r--r--general.ent4
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 40c09b1f1..3e9597410 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2006-11-05</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bryan] - Delete the persistent-net-generator rules file if
+ bus-position-based persistence is going to be used. Fixes #1912.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2006-11-03</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
index 6adc1bb38..f03a2989a 100644
--- a/chapter07/network.xml
+++ b/chapter07/network.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", BUS=="<replaceable>pci</replaceable>", KERNELS=
NAME="<replaceable>intel</replaceable>"</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Udev has installed a rule_generator rules file that uses MAC
+ addresses, not bus positions. Rules generated by this file will conflict
+ with the rules you just created, so delete the file:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>rm /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules</userinput></screen>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>You will also have to remember to create a new bus-position-based
+ rule each time you plug in an additional network card. In a MAC address
+ based persistence scheme, the rule_generator rules file would do this
+ automatically.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>Regardless of which method you use, these rules will always rename
the network cards to <quote>realtek</quote> and <quote>intel</quote>,
independently of the original numbering provided by the kernel (i.e.: the
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 988249a64..e3eaedc70 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061103">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 3, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061105">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 5, 2006">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.3">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->