On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:37:58AM +0100, Jens Dueholm Christensen wrote: > No, BSD doesn't use e* for all ethernet devices. > > In FreeBSD (for example) the device is named after the device-driver, and > thus an ethernet device can be called anything from (just a few examples): > > aeN > bceN (Broadcom devices) > cxgbN > edN > mskN > reN > xlN > > For reference: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html#ETHERNET > > My 2 cents: > > I'm either for or against using other names than ethN, but to > divagate from a defacto standard (has it ever been formalized that > alle ethernet devices must be called ethN on all Linux-flavors?) can > lead to complications how ever good your intensions are..
biosdevname (in git) now uses: emN for embedded devices pci(slot)#(port)_(virtual interface) for add-in cards, handling multi-port cards and SR-IOV devices too. Here is the upstream conversation about such, if you have strong feelings one way or another please chime in there: http://marc.info/?l=linux-hotplug&m=129003163201746&w=2 Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO _______________________________________________ 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
