On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 18:55, Matt Domsch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fedora 15 is expected to contain the newly agreed upon udev rules to > name those pesky LAN-on-Motherboard NICs "lomN" instead of "ethX" for > new installs, or any time /lib/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.names is > deleted. > > biosdevname, a Dell-developed program, is the udev helper which > obtains the proper value N in "lomN", corresponding to the labels on > the system chassis, N=1..4. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming > > Yes, this means to guarantee you use LOM 1 for something, you have to > stop guessing at which ethX is actually LOM 1, you now will use "lom1" > in your kickstart files and other scripts, no longer ethX. > > Like? Dislike? I'd love to hear your comments. > > The non-installer parts should hit Fedora Rawhide within a few days, > for your testing pleasure. The installer bits may take a bit longer. > > This is a nice improvement. Will the components be readily available for installation on other distros? Sounds like it is possible to get this working on RHEL5/CentOS5, for example. -- Philip J. Tait, Software Engineer (FMOS,HSC) http://subarutelescope.org
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