Re: Ethernet devide enumeration problems

[terry white <twhite@xxxxxxxxxx>]

... ciao:

    as a preface:

    i've read suggestions about using udev and associated magic
toward a solution.  i am not convinced that the way to go.


: on "6-26-2007" "Mauricio Silveira" writ:
: P5b Mobo for my office server, it has 2 integrated NICs
: the order for eth0/eth1 changes at each boot!

    as the nics integrated into the motherboard, reference to them must
exist withing the bios.  by implication, this well prior to a kernel
loading, and executing modules for udev (hotswap) hardware.

    the approach i would attempt, is to assign a static irq and addr to
each device, within the bios, and pass that information to the kernel via
tbe bootloader.  just a thought ...


-- 
... i'm a man, but i can change,
    if i have to , i guess ...

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