Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:40:53 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Tony Johnson <gjohnson@gs.verio.net> Cc: "'current@freebsd.org'" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: nic cards Message-ID: <20000717124053.D48019@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <01BFEFE7.C21FC8D0.gjohnson@gs.verio.net> References: <01BFEFE7.C21FC8D0.gjohnson@gs.verio.net>
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On Monday, July 17, 2000, Tony Johnson wrote: > One thing that I just noticed on the python mailing list is a portable way > of retrieving an ip addy. Why not start using eth0 (unfortunately as they > do in Linuxland) eth1 ... For nic cards instead of fxp0 for an intel, > etc... > > The fxp0 way is too hardware and implementation dependant. ``eth0'' is no more portable than ``fxp0''. Just because Linux does it doesn't mean it's standard or portable. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |MIPS: Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed. `------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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