origin of __tmp1930643048 network device name: kernel-space or user-space

["davide rossetti" <davide.rossetti@gmail.com>]

dear all,
I'm trying to track down a problem on a Sun V40Z server with 4 network
devices grabbing random ethX device names. now, trying to force the
device names to what I want, I got a __tmpXXXXX form of device name,
which I think is a half-configured device... but which piece of
software is to blame ??? kernel, udev, hotplug

it is a Fedora Core 6, fully updated (kernel-2.6.22.2-42.fc6
udev-095-17.fc6.x86_64)

ifconfig reports it as:
__tmp1930643048 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:CA:BC:CB
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Base address:0x3040 Memory:e70a0000-e70c0000

bond0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:CA:BC:CA
          inet addr:10.0.0.139  Bcast:10.0.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:23ff:feca:bcca/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1300152 (1.2 MiB)  TX bytes:509271 (497.3 KiB)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:CA:BC:CA
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:23ff:feca:bcca/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1300152 (1.2 MiB)  TX bytes:509271 (497.3 KiB)
          Base address:0x3000 Memory:e7080000-e70a0000
....

help appreciated... so much :(

davide

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