On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 16:13 +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Hello, > I have biosdevname-0.3.8-1.fc15.x86_64 on fedora 15 machine. > > I see from > man biosdevname , that the name of the devices should be: > .. > em<port> > for embedded NICs > > pci<slot>#<port>_<virtual instance> > for cards in PCI slots > .. > > ifconfig shows I have em1, p2p1; > indded em1 is embedded NICs. > However , the second nic is PCI nic. Why does it not defined as > pci<slot>#<port>? > is this some udev definition (some policy) which sets other names for > pci nics ? > any idea where this policy is defined and how can I choose a different policy ? The man page is out of date. pciXp_Y got changed to pXpY, I believe because it turned out to be important that the names be kept below a certain length. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
