On Nov 30, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Matt Domsch wrote: > 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. As someone who deals with HP DL580 boxes with 6+ NICs routinely, this is good stuff. Deterministic naming of the built in NICs will simplify installation instructions for us. Are the internal names going to be lomX or emX? joe -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
