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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.
I would be interested in seeing this.
I build custom machines for a company I work for, and one of our
requirements is the ability to number the network ports.
End users configure our software based on which port they use, so we
need steady numbering of the ports, even when one customer machine
might have different cards and number of cards.
We basically want the order to be:
0-N motherboard ports
N+1 -> M card ports
It sounds like your script might work, given the apparent absence of
geographic mapping in most current systems.
Thanks for any help.
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"Where some they sell their dreams for small desires."
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