Re: Discussion? New names of betwork devices
ghe composed on 2019-03-22 16:14 (UTC-0600):
> But when I'm looking to connect a cable, the location of the port on the
> outside of the box is much more useful to me than the address number on
> the bus.
> When writing software, though, the bus address becomes more important
> than the location.
> A labeling algorithm useful in both situations would be nice...
IME, using net.ifnames=0, the motherboard NIC closer to an ATX power supply is
always eth0. With BTX I've never had two NICs, but have to suppose it would be
the opposite. I think PCI(e) resources flow the same direction, from CPU & PS/2
port end to last slot end.
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