On Nov 14, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Matt Domsch 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. >
Matt, Just a question is it still possible to rename an lomN to eth0 via udev rules, else you can expect problems with licensed software like flexlm that only searches ethX devices. regards -- Bas van der Vlies [email protected] _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
