Upgrading to 2.6.5 switched my physical network interface names

Hi all, I've got a simple question, and I hope that there is an equally simple answer :-) I've got a setup with two similar Realtek ethernet cards that both use the 8139too driver in Linux 2.4.x. In Linux 2.6.[45] assignment of eth0,1 is reversed, so now my interface to the cable modem has eth1

Re: Upgrading to 2.6.5 switched my physical network interface names

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 11:23:50PM +0200, John van Spaandonk wrote: > In Linux 2.6.[45] assignment of eth0,1 is reversed, so now my interface to > the cable modem has eth1 (this was eth0 in 2.4.x). > Naturally the network does not work anymore. So swap the cables. The 2.6 kernel inverts the PCI