Mike Meyer wrote:
If I do care - for instance, I want to distinguish between the ethernet interface that's on the internet and the one that's on my LAN, or I want root to be on the disk with the root file system on it - then this is a PITA, because every time I add hardware to the system, or re-arrange the cards in the cage, or similar things, I risk breaking the system configuration. If the device names are completely determined by the hardware settings, then this doesn't happen.
I wrote some add-on bits for /etc/rc.network in 4.x that compares the link addresses of attached network interfaces to a list of link addresses, then sets ifconfig_ifN* variables accordingly before rc.network does anything. It provides a means of wiring IP addresses to physical ports in a way that gets around the problem of probe order.
If there's interest, I'll get to work on an rcNG version. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
