On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:11:11PM -0800, John Reiser wrote: > On 11/13/2010 06:34 PM, Matt Domsch wrote: > > biosdevname installed by default, used in the installer and at runtime > > to rename Dell and HP server onboard NICs from non-deterministic > > "ethX" to clearly labeled "lomX" matching the chassis silkscreen. > > > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-hotplug&m=128892593821639&w=2 > > In that message I see: > ** No rename for all others "ethX" (no change for NICs in PCI slots/USB/others) > > I'd like an option to assign "ethX" to NICs in /sys/devices/pci* order. > This matches chassis PCI slot order on many, many motherboards. > I get confused when ethX is assigned in a different order. > > You can bind ethX to a specific card [not slot] by using HWADDR= in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX. That's fine, but I prefer > an option to assign ethX by PCI slot, because that's what I can see when > I plug in the cables. My NICs are various brands and models, > but I treat them all as generic because that is much simpler, > especially in the beginning. For you, biosdevname has alternate naming policies. You'll edit /etc/udev/rules.d/71-netdevice.rules, changing --policy=loms to --policy={something else}, with various choices available: [loms|kernelnames|all_ethN|all_names|embedded_ethN_slots_names|smbios_names] all_ethN does exactly what you want, embedded devices first, then all other devices in ascending PCI slot order. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
