On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 Matt Fahrner <Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This may not be the right group, but someone can probably answer it here > (nor is it clear what the right group would be)... > > Anyway, provided you're feeling charitable, does anyone know if there a > graceful way to force Linux to assign multiple ethernets that use the > same driver to a specific instance of "ethX". For instance, say if you > had multiple BMC ethernet controllers of the same type (or even a > multiport card) and wanted to make sure a specific port was "eth0", > another was "eth1", etc. > > From what I can Google, the answer is either "no", or you can do it > through LILO/Grub "ether=" parameters. Neither answer is really what > we're after, though the later might be a solution in a worse case. > > Mostly I'm hoping for a "modules.conf" or "sysctl.conf" solution... Assuming you are working with a recent distro, Why not put something like this: "HWADDR=00:D0:B7:A9:25:DA" in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 The only down side that I can think of is that if you change nic's you have to fix the file. Most likely you would have to do something like that anyway. :-) >From what I can tell this list is all but dead. Since you do not say what version of Red Hat/fedora you are running it is hard to point you to a better list. I can tell you though that if you are running RHEL3 to look for the taroon list, if RHEL4 look for the nahant list, if one of the rebuilds then there are good lists for most of them. If fedora core there is a fedora list. There are also several good IRC channels available depending on your tastes. If you need help finding a specific list let me know. HTH, Tom Diehl tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx Spamtrap address mtd123@xxxxxxxxxxxxThis may not be the right group, but someone can probably answer it here (nor is it clear what the right group would be)...
Anyway, provided you're feeling charitable, does anyone know if there a graceful way to force Linux to assign multiple ethernets that use the same driver to a specific instance of "ethX". For instance, say if you had multiple BMC ethernet controllers of the same type (or even a multiport card) and wanted to make sure a specific port was "eth0", another was "eth1", etc.
From what I can Google, the answer is either "no", or you can do it through LILO/Grub "ether=" parameters. Neither answer is really what we're after, though the later might be a solution in a worse case.
Mostly I'm hoping for a "modules.conf" or "sysctl.conf" solution... Thanks! - Matt -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Fahrner 2 South Park St. Manager of Networking Willis House Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Lebanon, N.H. 03766 TEL: (603) 448-4100 x5150 USA FAX: (603) 443-6190 Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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