From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97FCE1381F3 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 08:43:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 61870E0DBF; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 08:43:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B07E0DB8 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 08:43:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id BF44F8008D for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 09:43:35 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 09:43:28 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes Message-ID: <20130406094328.5ecd3cdc@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20130406011439.GA3980@waltdnes.org> References: <5159E551.4050609@gmail.com> <201304020100.25920.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <515B2FAE.20607@gmail.com> <515D442A.1090209@gmail.com> <515D7AF4.5020104@libertytrek.org> <20130405161759.GA3456@linux1> <515F0AA7.808@libertytrek.org> <20130405184128.GA3820@linux1> <20130406011439.GA3980@waltdnes.org> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0-156-gf9f793 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/_WiB7Jwu372pDncNnhyL+C."; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: b033d2cf-7221-4c3b-acac-4f96401a7f4b X-Archives-Hash: d41fe63dd54b7741a3e31a8098a4869f --Sig_/_WiB7Jwu372pDncNnhyL+C. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 21:14:39 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > * on a machine with multiple network cards *ALL USING DIFFERENT DRIVERS* > * drivers are built as modules, not built-in into the kernel > * is it possible to set things up so that the network driver modules do > not load automatically at bootup? > * have a script in /etc/local.d/ (or wherever) modprobe the drivers in > the desired order >=20 > I can see complications involving services that depend on net (e.g. > sshd), but in general, would it work reliably?=20 What happens if one of the modules fails to load for any reason? If you need persistent device names, set up rules to give them, but use names outside of the kernel namespace to avoid the problems that udev is trying to avoid with its new naming rules. =20 --=20 Neil Bothwick Where do you think you're going today? --Sig_/_WiB7Jwu372pDncNnhyL+C. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlFf4DYACgkQum4al0N1GQOmOgCePgqJl5BkLQhCOnz6xb08jq3W YQ8AoMOK0KDrH7anGXbv8VoEumvVCoLs =GVwU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/_WiB7Jwu372pDncNnhyL+C.--