Greg KH (greg@xxxxxxxxx) said: > > No, it's not solved. Even if you have persistent names once you install, > > if you ever re-image, you're likely to get *different* persistent names; > > the first load will always be non-detmerministic. > > > > The only way around this would be to have some sort of screen like: > > > > Would you like your network devices to be enumerated by > > > > [ ] MAC address > > [ ] PCI device order > > [ ] Driver name > > [ ] Other > > [ ] PCI slot name > > That's one that modern systems are now reporting, and should solve > Matt's problem as well, right? ... maybe. On my laptop, the first 'slot' enumerated appears to be the cardbus bridge, before the on-board ethernet. And on the desktop next to me, the slot driver shows nothing. > And I don't see how Matt's proposed patch helps resolve this type of > issue any better than what we currently have today, do you? It allows multiple addressing schemes to be active at once, which can allow the admin to choose post-install without making an active choice at installation. This is an improvement, even if it doesn't solve the world. Bill -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
