Arch server - swaps eth0/eth1 randomly on reboot ? Can you force

yossarianuk · 2010-02-12 12:58:00

Hi.

I have a server (quite good spec), has 2 eth ports

eth0 = e1000e
eth1 = tg3

After reboot they randomly swap over - screwing my network config up...

Is there a way to force eth0/eth1 to use a particular driver ?

Any help would be good.

Thanks

daf666 · 2010-02-12 13:28:37

I think removing the optional from: /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules.optional should work

yossarianuk · 2010-02-12 14:55:32

Hi - I tried removing /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules.optional and rebooting

Still occurs...

Its a really weird bug! Seems that every reboot they swap (it could just be random though)

Is there any other way of forcing each eth to use a specific driver ?

Cheers

daf666 · 2010-02-12 15:00:36

Hi, sorry I wasn't clear, I meant removing the ".optional" suffix from the file name.

yossarianuk · 2010-02-12 16:16:53

That seems to have worked.

eth0 and eth1 are the wrong way round, but at least they are not flipping each reboot.

Cheers !

as usual this forum provides the quickest and best answers !

thestinger · 2010-02-12 17:56:07

another option is specifying the order of the ethernet modules in rc.conf (it's not the udev sanctioned way, but it works and you can pick the order)

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