From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 23:00:36 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA25560 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:00:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whistle.com (s205m131.whistle.com [207.76.205.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA25555 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:00:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from archie@whistle.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by whistle.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA29300; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:58:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from bubba.whistle.com( 207.76.205.7) by whistle.com via smap (V2.0) id xma029298; Wed, 27 Jan 99 22:58:18 -0800 Received: (from archie@localhost) by bubba.whistle.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id WAA24316; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:58:18 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <199901280658.WAA24316@bubba.whistle.com> Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... In-Reply-To: <20942.917503290@brown.pfcs.com> from Harlan Stenn at "Jan 28, 99 01:01:30 am" To: Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:58:18 -0800 (PST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Harlan Stenn writes: > > Also the eth[0..x] thing means you can replace your ethernet card with a > > new one of a different type without having to look through your config > > code for references to ed0 or whatever. > > Just to ask, what happens when the probe order changes and your multiple > NICs start popping up on the wrong eth port? It wouldn't be based on probe order, unless you wanted it to be fully automatic (read: newbies). The rest of us would use an explict rc.network (or whatever) configuration that linked up specific ethernet drivers with interfaces. I think Solaris (?) requires you to do this, it's called "plumbing your interfaces" or something (according to Julian). -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message