Re: Kernel append="netdev=irq=21,io=0x3000,name=eth0"a not working
Yes, nameif would have worked if I had not removed the one card.
Do you have an example "/etc/mactab" file ?
It appears that nameif is part of the net-tools debian package.
Thanks.
>On 02/12/04 18:46 +0200, Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 December 2004 17:10, Theodore Knab wrote:
> > I have a problem with BIOS messing up the order in which my three
> > ethernet cards are coming up.
> >
> > More specifically, I want the this:
> >
> > eth0 = motherboard ethernet card (eepro100)
> > 0000:00:0e.0, 00:D0:B7:89:AD:6D, I/O at 0x2040, IRQ 21.
> >
> > eth1 = second card: slot 2 pci (eepro100)
> > 0000:02:04.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F1, I/O at 0x3000, IRQ 20.
> >
> > eth2 = third card: slot 4 pci (eepro100)
> > 0000:00:0b.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F8, I/O at 0x2000, IRQ 18.
> >
> > Currently, they are coming up in this order:
> > eth0: 0000:00:0b.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F8, I/O at 0x2000, IRQ 18.
> > eth1: 0000:00:0e.0, 00:D0:B7:89:AD:6D, I/O at 0x2040, IRQ 21.
> > eth2: 0000:02:04.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F1, I/O at 0x3000, IRQ 20.
> >
> > The order was right until I added the third card. Yes, they are all
> > using the same driver.
> >
> > When I added the third network device, the devices all shuffle
> > around.
> >
> > Anybody know how to fix this or what might have caused this ?
>
> You could use nameif(8) to name your interfaces on initialization, and
> go from there.
>
> -A
>
>
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