Hi. I work with FreeBSD9.1 and Mellanox devices. Every time I unload / load mlx4ib module, NIC names of mellanox devices (ibX) are renamed. Can I prevent it?
[root@h-qa-032 mlx4]# ifconfig ib8: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 65520 options=80018<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,LINKSTATE> lladdr 80.28.0.48.fe.80.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.c9.3.0.2e.48.31 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> ib9: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 65520 options=80018<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,LINKSTATE> lladdr 80.28.0.49.fe.80.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.c9.3.0.2e.48.32 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> [root@h-qa-032 mlx4]# kldunload mlx4ib [root@h-qa-032 mlx4]# kldload -v mlx4ib Loaded mlx4ib, id=9 [root@h-qa-032 mlx4]# ifconfig ib10: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 65520 options=80018<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,LINKSTATE> lladdr 80.30.0.48.fe.80.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.c9.3.0.2e.48.31 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> ib11: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 65520 options=80018<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,LINKSTATE> lladdr 80.30.0.49.fe.80.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.c9.3.0.2e.48.32 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> Regards, Alex Liptsin Software Quality Assurance Engineer | Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Office: +972 (74) 7236141 Mobile: +972(54) 7833986 Fax: +972(74) 7236161 Email: al...@mellanox.com<mailto:al...@mellanox.com> Mellanox, Tel-Hai Industrial Park. Building 7, M.P. Upper Galilee 12100 Israel _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"