On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:22:54PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > 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. specifically, em0 for the above device, and em<Type Instance> for the second NIC specified in SMBIOS... -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
