Is it possible to hide network PCI devices under Linux? Meaning I don't want user-space to be able to access the device through normal means(i.e. ifconfig, etc). The catch: I have two instances of the same network device (Intel 82557), and I only want to hide the first network device detected (from /proc/pci). The second one should be seen by user-space. Easy answer is: disable the NIC from bios(they are embedded btw). Yes I can do this, but without trying to explain the actual situation(quite long), lets just say the first NIC is 'dedicated' for headless motherboard management. Only problem is the BIOS/motherboard doesn't hide the NIC from the OS(Linux in this case) and has problems sharing the device with Linux. Of course I can work around not using eth0, but I'm looking for a more 'idiot-proof'(hehe), cleaner solution. So would I have to modify the NIC's driver under linux or is there a simpler way I can do this? Any ideas? Thanks, Kashif -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
