From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Schwarzott Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:10:14 +0000 Subject: Re: Make rule generator switchable Message-Id: <200707272110.15062.zzam@gentoo.org> List-Id: References: <200707271904.51531.zzam@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200707271904.51531.zzam@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Friday 27 July 2007, you wrote: > > Just don't install the rules then? Why would you want to run the > scripts at all, if you don't need them? > > How should todays boxes work without persistent network names? They > are as needed as LABEL, UUID, or /dev/disk/ for block devices. The old > way of having luck to get the same kernel device names across reboots, > just doesn't work today. > A nice situation where it does not work is: xen domains with random mac. Or: cloning installations that have same hw and just one NIC but as they have different macs persistent-net will fail. Matthias -- Matthias Schwarzott (zzam) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel