[CentOS] NICs order

Chris Adams
2016-02-01T19:34:20Z

Once upon a time, m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>
said:
> Gordon Messmer wrote:
> > Also, if you add rules to /etc/udev/rules.d, you should rebuild your
> initrd.
>
> ?!?!?!?! THAT I had never considered, nor done, and I'm sure that in
> CentOS 6, I've changed things there, and just rebooted.

That's only necessary for things that are initialized in the initrd.
Unless you are using network boot, the initrd won't have any of the
network initialization, so rebuilding it is not necessary for changing
network-related config (including udev rules).
--
Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net>