On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Harlan Stenn wrote: > > Also the eth[0..x] thing means you can replace your ethernet card with a > > new one of a different type without having to look through your config > > code for references to ed0 or whatever. > > Just to ask, what happens when the probe order changes and your multiple > NICs start popping up on the wrong eth port? > > This may be *much* more difficult when one of several cards die (how do you > know which one broke?) and then you replace it and discover the new probe > order is different... > > Or will be be able to wire them down in the config file (which will at > least address part of the problem)?
If we did this, there would obviously have to be some kind of wiring system. The same problem exists in a much smaller way for machines with more that one of the same type of card. -- Doug Rabson Mail: d...@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
