Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:09:40 GMT From: Patrick Oonk <patrick@cookie.monster.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/115930: Dell nic enumeration problem Message-ID: <200708292009.l7TK9eqW049394@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200708292010.l7TKA39A070012@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 115930 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Dell nic enumeration problem >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 29 20:10:02 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Patrick Oonk >Release: 6.2-STABLE >Organization: ICTU >Environment: >Description: On Dell 1955 servers (and others) the network adapters are not enumerated right. Physical port 1 becomes em1 and port 2 becomes em0. This is pretty annoying already, but makes it very hard to roll out a network installed farm and makes things confusing. There's a DELL Document that describes the problem and solutions for FreeBSD, but I could not find any for FreeBSD: http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v3.pdf >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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