Hi Merrick, AFAIK it's the kernel which assigns the NICs to a specific number. Maybe it's possible to use some sort of userspace tool to reshuffle those interfaces based on mac-addresses afterwards. But it's non-trivial.
Eric > Hi Friends -- > > > On Bering uClibc 3.1, is there a way to control which network card gets > assigned eth0, eth1, etc. when all cards use the same module? I have two > on-board NICs and a card NIC in the same system, and the card is detected > first (assigned eth0), with the on-board NICs last (assigned eth1 and > eth2). I would prefer to use the onboard NICs as eth0 and eth1. > > The last time I could find this question asked was 2003 -- the answer > then was no -- so I was wondering if anything had changed since then? > > Thanks so much! > > > Merrick > _________________________________________________________________ > Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we > give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
