From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 23:17:18 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28219 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:17:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28214 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:17:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA20204; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 02:23:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 02:23:06 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Archie Cobbs cc: Harlan Stenn , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... In-Reply-To: <199901280658.WAA24316@bubba.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Archie Cobbs wrote: > 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). please god no... i spent a long while figuring that out the first time i played with a solaris box, it's NOT intuative. i like the idea of aliases and wiring aliases to real names: xl0 -> eth0 fxp0 -> eth1 ... thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message