From: user@example.net   
      
   AZ Nomad wrote:   
      
   > I see rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and when I had   
   > swapped out a plugin card and udev started it's musical chairs game, I   
   > was able to reverse it by deleting the extranious rules there.   
   >   
   > However, it won't leave my motherboard at eth0.  I delete the rule,   
   > and some nanny process shoves it back giving me two rules for the   
   > motherboard ethernet.   
      
   The udev rule is set by MAC-address, if you change MAC-address, a new rule is   
   setup and the ethernet device gets a new name. The system will not remove a   
   device that "disappeared".   
      
   This rule is there to ensure that you get the same device name each time,   
   regardless which version of the kernel you run, regardless if you build in the   
   driver or use a module, as there are people who don't like switching the   
   network cable when the devices changes names.   
      
   > I don't really care what the ethernet devices get named as long as they   
   > don't change for no damn reason between reboots.  This system is a   
   > mythtv server and I don't appreciate having to get out a keyboard to   
   > fix something that was previously working.  If it works, don't fix it!   
      
   Are you sure your hardware isn't broke?   
      
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