From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 09:26:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28341106566C for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:26:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD8D8FC30 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:26:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([10.0.1.29]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:14:11 +0100 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n2O9E8DP003472 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:14:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:14:08 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090324091408.GA3251@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Mar 2009 09:14:11.0756 (UTC) FILETIME=[E51E0EC0:01C9AC60] Subject: updating 7.0-RELEASE to CURRENT changes interface from le0 to le1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:26:16 -0000 Hello, I've updated in a VMWare a 7.0-RELEASE to CURRENT exactly as described in the handbook, i.e. following the procedure in 24.7 Rebuilding "world"; after having up the VM again, network was not coming up and it took me some minutes to realize that the interface name changed from 'le0' to 'le1': Mar 23 14:28:40 vm-naranja kernel: le0: port 0x2000-0x207f irq 19 at device 1.0 on pci2 Mar 23 14:28:40 vm-naranja kernel: le0: 16 receive buffers, 4 transmit buffers Mar 23 14:28:40 vm-naranja kernel: le0: Ethernet address: 00:0c:29:78:48:c6 Mar 23 14:28:40 vm-naranja kernel: le0: [ITHREAD] Mar 24 09:13:39 vm-naranja kernel: le1: port 0x2000-0x207f irq 19 at device 1.0 on pci2 Mar 24 09:13:39 vm-naranja kernel: le1: 16 receive buffers, 4 transmit buffers Mar 24 09:13:39 vm-naranja kernel: le1: Ethernet address: 00:0c:29:78:48:c6 Mar 24 09:13:39 vm-naranja kernel: le1: [ITHREAD] I changed the name in rc.conf and all was fine again; but what could have caused this change? there is no le0 anymore, only le1 and the config of the VM was not changed, not even powered-off? matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/