From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 4 08:32:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA11245 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles233.castles.com [208.214.165.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11236 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:32:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA15129; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:28:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902041628.IAA15129@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" , Rod Taylor , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Feb 1999 06:36:45 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:28:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > Rod Taylor wrote: > > > I've often wondered this, but why is it that every network card has a different > > > 'name'. > > > xl0, rl0, vr0, ed0, etc. etc. etc > > The best solution would be hardwiring the names, but in that case it > > doesn't matter what are the default names. > > Yes. Hardwiring is the only appropriate solution. Hardwiring is nonappropriate in a non-static environment. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message