On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:03:17 +0200 josh wrote: > Subject: linux-source-2.6.16: inconsistent device detetion: > eth0<=>eth1 Package: linux-source-2.6.16 > Version: 2.6.16-2 > Severity: normal > > I have two ethernet cards on my box, an onboard SiS and a pci ne-2k > compatible. When I boot the system, sometimes the SiS is detected as > eth0 and the pci as eth1, and sometimes the SiS is eth1 and the pci > eth0, *without my changing anything*. I just reboot and it's > different.
My guess is that this is due to your use of initramfs-tools for ramdisk generation, which uses udev to coldplug devices, which I suspect cannot (and should not, I believe) guarantee a specific module load order. I believe you can simply add 8193too and ne2k (or whatever the modules needed are) explicitly to /etc/modules in your preferred order. Alternatively (but that does *not* make autoloading become reliable, but allows you to avoid udev altogether) you can use the alternative ramdisk generator yaird instead. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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