On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 03:00:33PM +0000, Ben wrote:
> Having thought about this some more, I think the idea is sound.  But the 
> name needs work.  Because of the overloading of the acronym LOM I propose 
> you change it to "NIC On Motherboard" or nomX (-:
> 
> Another suggestion from an IT colleague of mine was "Motherboard Ethernet" 
> or methX.  It's closer to ethX and therefore easier to remember/associate.

Maybe ethmX would be even better since regular expressions like "eth.*"
will still match. A lot of tools would have to be changed...

Tino.

PS: Or ethomX which is even pronouncable.

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