On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:29:32PM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Matt Domsch wrote: > >> > 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... > > OK. Perhaps the wiki should be updated to state the feature works more > generically (SMBIOS 2.6+) and not for just Dell/HP systems? I've done so now. > Interesting work, Matt. I'm surprised the Unix purists who would fight > you to death to keep sendmail on desktops would allow you to change the > almighty eth* naming scheme. I've caught flack for years - that's why this is just now happening. The previous released version of biosdevname was over 3 years ago - the pushback was against changing the eth* naming scheme. But there's no other way to do it. I wish there was. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
