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Re: Ethernet trouble



On 2020-01-29, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:34:15PM -0700, ghe wrote:
>> Buster, SuperMicro box
>> 
>> The labels for my Ethernet ports have changed.
>> 
>> There are 2 ports on this box. They used to be called enp6s0 and enp7s0.
>> Now they're called enp7s0 and enp8s0 (6, 7, and 8).
>
> Did you perform a BIOS/Firmware upgrade on your motherboard?  That's
> one of the things that can cause this.
>

'p' indicates the PCI bus and 's' indicates the slot, was my
understanding of the naming scheme. Would a BIOS/Firmware upgrade
modify the PCI bus and slot number of your Ethernet ports?


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