bxe0 and bxe1 to eth0 and eth1 respectively

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I have a freebsd which has the network interfaces as follows.

bxe0, bxe1, igd0 and igd1

I want to move them to names like eth0, eth1 and so on. I know that I can do it in the /etc/rc.conf

ifconfig_igb0_name=eth0

but during the boot time the network interfaces are still bxe0, bxe1 etc. Is there any way I can change interface names I want before the kernel gets loaded ?

Thanks in advance
 
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adeelarifbhatti said:
but during the boot time the network interfaces are still bxe0, bxe1 etc. Is there any way I can change interface names I want before the kernel gets loaded ?
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I don't think that this would be easily achievable. As far as I know, those names are provided by the drivers themselves.
In fact, I didn't even know that one could rename interfaces at all.

May I ask why you want to do this? What is the intention/goal behind this?
To me personally, this just seems like it will eventually come back to bite you in the ass - potentially in the worst possible moment :)
 
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