Ron Stodden wrote:
> Pixel wrote:
>> Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> The kernel seems to assign which adaptor
>>> gets eth0 and eth1 by a set of unknown rules.
>> the rule is quite simple though: first card found is eth0, second is eth1 and so
>> on. So to exchange eth0 and eth1, change the /etc/modules.conf
> "first card found"? By what algorithm? Is the search by increasing
> PCI slot number? My experimentation rather disproves that. Hence
> my "rules unknown" <g>.
Alphabetical order of driver module name? Sub-sorted on card serial number or
PCI socket or number of fully visible Lunar craters modulo 4 (I'm pickin' up
good librations...)?
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