Well, yes and no. The kernel assigns the numbers sequentially but it is the module that requests these assignments in the order it finds the NICs. With the older ISA cards you could enforce this order by specifying several hardware properties (actually, these were required) but with PCI this is all plug-and-pray. If you use an old computer for Bering or any other LEAF distribution you may still be able to tweak the detection sequence by manually setting the IRQs in the BIOS setup.
No luck for Merrick though I'm afraid since having an onboard NIC seems to imply he's using a fairly recent machine. With the current hardware generation the only valid option appears to be using udev rules, but this requires a 2.6 kernel. Gordon Eric Spakman wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
