On Tue, 6 Aug 1996 19:35:21 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Zdenek Salvet <salvet@horn.ics.muni.cz> wrote:

 > If card dies unexpectedly, I need interface names preserved too
 > (I build routers).

In that case, the best bet is to nail down the names with the "port" 
locators in the kernel config file.

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