Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do I want for that? I identify ethernet boards by which slot on > the back of the system I plug the cable into. Currently, I have to map > that to board types to and which board is plugged into which slot to > know which name to use. I want a name that tells me which slot I plug > a cable in to plug it into that interface.
Is information about the slot even available on a PC? For something like this: : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:7:0: class=0x020000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x10768086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 : vendor = 'Intel Corporation' : device = '82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller' : class = network : subclass = ethernet would you consider eth-6-7-0 to be an improvement over em0? It has the advantage of not changing if another card is added to the system, but it's not very informative. For a system that has only its two on-board NICs, "em0" and "em1" are very obvious--at least it's clear which one corresponds to the label "eth 0" on the chassis.
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