Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:34:17 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ideas about network interfaces. Message-ID: <20000928103417.Z76573@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <200009280822.BAA11602@usr02.primenet.com> References: <200009280418.VAA01234@gte.net> <200009280822.BAA11602@usr02.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: >> >> Would it make sense to have network device names abstracted one layer more? >> In other words, would it make it easier for new users, if all network >> drivers were mapped to something like et0? > >FWIW, for AIX, Linux, SVR4, Solaris, and other modern OSs, the >names are assigned sequentially, starting with en0, so as to >not require script or other configuration changes. IME Solaris, like FreeBSD, uses a different network device name for different drivers, e.g. le, hme, etc. Tony. -- en oeccget g mtcaa f.a.n.finch v spdlkishrhtewe y dot@dotat.at eatp o v eiti i d. fanf@covalent.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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