On Wed, Apr 12, 2000, David Elliott <dfe@infinite-internet.net> wrote:
> Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
>
> > It isn't a silver bullet for hot swap devices tho. We still have device
> > naming issues. How do I track that this USB to Ethernet device is eth1
> > and assign eth1 to it all the time.
>
> This was discussed earlier on the list relating to a laptop being docked vs.
> undocked.
>
> The label "eth1" is simply a kernel number. It is completely and totally wrong
> for anything to depend on that number not changing. The correct fix is to fix the
> network scripts to identify which card is which through some other means.
>
> One way is using the MAC address. However, according to AC, on Sparcs the MAC is
> per-machine not per-card, so some other method would have to be used.
>
> Still, ethX is just a kernel number and shouldn't be trusted by anything anyway.
It was merely an example. What about /dev/sda and /dev/sdb for USB
hard drives.
Or /dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1.
The list goes on.
JE
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