Hello!
I am runnig 2.6.17.13 on a Geode, with 3 natsemi ports onboard
and 4 ports in a pci card (soekris net4801).
The strange thing is, that it currently renames eth0 to eth7
and eth1 to eth8 (or somehow different).
Have a look at [0] for dmesg output. You'll see this:
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[ 64.643627] natsemi eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa0000000
(0000:00:06.0), 00:00:24:c5:69:5c, IRQ 10, port TP.
[ 64.676833] natsemi eth1: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa0001000
(0000:00:07.0), 00:00:24:c5:69:5d, IRQ 10, port TP.
[ 64.710006] natsemi eth2: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa0002000
(0000:00:08.0), 00:00:24:c5:69:5e, IRQ 10, port TP.
[ 64.743402] natsemi eth3: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4000000
(0000:01:00.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:14, IRQ 5, port TP.
[ 64.776463] natsemi eth4: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4001000
(0000:01:01.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:15, IRQ 11, port TP.
[ 64.809891] natsemi eth5: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4002000
(0000:01:02.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:16, IRQ 5, port TP.
[ 64.842982] natsemi eth6: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xa4003000
(0000:01:03.0), 00:00:24:c4:fd:17, IRQ 11, port TP.
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which is correct. Later you see this:
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[ 122.142761] eth8: DSPCFG accepted after 0 usec.
[ 122.156411] eth8: link up.
[ 122.164584] eth8: Setting full-duplex based on negotiated link
capability.
[ 122.719529] eth8: remaining active for wake-on-lan
[ 122.927613] eth8: DSPCFG accepted after 0 usec.
[ 122.941269] eth8: link up.
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which feels really strange, because eth0 and eth1 simply
'disappeared'.
More information about the device can be found at [1]
My questions are:
- why is it getting renamed and why did it not happen some boots
(before I moved) before (like in [2])?
- how can I tell the kernel NOT to rename it anymore / what
must I fix?
Any hints appreciated.
Sincerly
Nico
[0]: http://unix.schottelius.org/zwerg/dmesg.renamed.eth0%2c1
[1]: http://unix.schottelius.org/zwerg/
[2]: http://unix.schottelius.org/zwerg/dmesg
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