Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:21:50 +0200 From: "Yony Yossef" <yonyossef.lists@gmail.com> To: "'H.fazaeli'" <fazaeli@sepehrs.com>, "Yony Yossef" <yonyossef.lists@gmail.com> Cc: Eitan Shefi <eitans@mellanox.co.il>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Oleg Kats <oleg@mellanox.co.il>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Liran Liss <liranl@mellanox.co.il> Subject: RE: howto determine network device unit number? device.hints? Message-ID: <000a01c9768e$1ff65240$220f000a@mtl.com> In-Reply-To: <496E11B7.3010608@sepehrs.com> References: <20def4870901140009y1f007108y92797d5f79ffac08@mail.gmail.com> <496E11B7.3010608@sepehrs.com>
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> > you may not change unit numbers as they are strictly > controlled by kernel. > However, on freebsd 5.3+, you may use 'ifconfig name <your-name-here>' > to achieve the same affect > Sorry, I don't understand the usage of ifconfig you suggested and the effect it will cause. Can you please explain it? Yony > > Yony Yossef wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to determine the unit number of my network cards, e.g. > > make the device on pci0:16 be assigned every time with unit > number 0 > > and pci0:19 with unit number 1. > > > > Is it done by /boot/device.hints? > > if so, how? > > > > My cards are: > > > > mtnic0@pci0:19:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x001715b3 > chip=0x636815b3 > > rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 > > mtnic1@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x001715b3 > chip=0x636815b3 > > rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 > > > > So I've tried: > > > > hint.mtnic.0.at="pci0:16" > > hint.mtnic.1.at="pci0:19" > > > > but it doesn't work. They keep switching arbitrarily. > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.0. > > > > Thanks > > Yony
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