[gentoo-user] Question about 2006.0 and order of NIC detection

[Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn)]

Hi everyone!

Relatively new to Gentoo. Been more of a FreeBSD guy the past few years, but 
current job is setting up Gentoo boxes, so I get to learn a bunch of new stuff 
(yay!).

Machine in question has an Intel gig-E PCI card (e1000 driver) and two Tigron 
gig-E ports built into the motherboard (tg3 driver).

So, I downloaded the 2006.0 (I keep typing 2600 Hehe..) live-cd, and when I 
boot from it, the motherboard ports come up as eth0 and eth1, and the Intel as 
eth2 and eth3. This makes sense. We like this.

However, once I install, the system decides Oh no, we're going to screw with 
your head now, boy! and switches it so that the *Intel* card comes up as 
eth0/1 and the on-board ports are eth2/3.

Is there a way I can change this so that eth0/1 are the on-board ports? It will 
save me lots of headaches later. :)

Thank you all in advance--and I have to say--nice job on the spiffy-new 
installer interface! :)

Best,
--Glenn

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about 2006.0 and order of NIC detection

[Jeremy Olexa]

Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn) wrote:

Is there a way I can change this so that eth0/1 are the on-board ports? It will 
save me lots of headaches later. :)


You are looking for udev. Udev will create names for devices (USB 
drives, NICs, etc)


http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

Hope that helps,
Jeremy
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