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. >
I also agree that the lomX naming is not particularly intuitive. I like methX better, but I would suggest that ethmX would be the best choice, as it will work as-is with code that is a bit sloppier and just checks for eth*, and with code that is pickier, can be handled with a simple optional single-character check, even in C code. Scripting languages will probably use regexes, which are easier to modify, but scripts with grep (basic, not extended) regexes may find it easier to use ethm?\d+ rather than switch to extended regexes for (eth|lom)\d+. @alex -- mailto:[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
