On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:36:25PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Stuart Lynne (sl@fireplug.net) said:
> > So not being able to reliable map ethernet devices to names is a feature
> > not a bug ....
>
> With reasonable scriptage and 'nameif', it's doable. Only for
> ethernet at the moment, however (and I haven't actually implementing
> something that does this.) But it *is* doable.
With only adding one line to the current linux-hotplug scripts, a
co-worker of mine enabled reliable mapping that isn't dependent on pci
scanning, or hotplugging of pci cards. He used nameif and a table of
MAC addresses that map to the name he wanted.
greg k-h
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