Re: [gentoo-amd64] server setting up funny interfaces

[Bob Sanders <rsanders@sgi.com>]

Bob Sanders, mused, then expounded:
> 
> Actually, it's even easier - just delete
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and reboot.  Udev will create
> a new /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules with the correct
> information.
>

I'll caveat this a bit.  It works fine in simple cases - onboard GigE.
But in systems with add-in ethernet, GigE, or 10GigE cards,
/lib/udev/write_net_rules will usually make the add-in card eth0.  Some
Quad GigE cards have rather weird port setups or PCI-bridge addressing
schemes that end up with port 2 of 4 as eth0.

In those cases, it's best to write 70-persistent-net.rules the way you
want it.  But remember - the mac addr has to be lower case, and all the
syntax correct or udev will re-write it.

Bob 
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