On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:18:10PM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Matt Domsch wrote: > > I don't expect desktops to expose > > this information - they have only 1 NIC. > > Many desktops have dual-NICs. I'm typing from an SMBIOS 2.6 ASUS desktop > motherboard with dual-NICs. > > Handle 0x002D, DMI type 10, 6 bytes > On Board Device Information > Type: Ethernet > Status: Enabled > Description: Onboard Ethernet > > Handle 0x003D, DMI type 41, 11 bytes > Onboard Device > Reference Designation: Onboard Ethernet > Type: Ethernet > Status: Enabled > Type Instance: 0 This is the interesting field. Type 41 obsoletes Type 10, and adds the Type Instance field. > > Will my network interface names change with this feature or is this > purely for Dell/HP only? I'm a bit confused by the verbage on the wiki > page and the part about SMBIOS 2.6. Yes, your system, on new install, or if you delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and the HWADDR lines from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*, will then use the new names. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
