> Normally these devices come up in the same order each time. > > It is not gauranteed, unfortunately, because device bring up can > race against other devices. I've seen it be non-deterministic. >
me, too. especially, if you plug in another nic on pci between 2 other nics. this is really confusing the box. also take care for your bios interrupt settings - if you have a lot of traffic, it sometimes can be smart to put all the nics on the same interrupt.
