Re: NICs trading places ?

From: jjs (jjs@tmsusa.com)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 17:15:38 EST


That's bitten me several times, not
just 2.4 -> 2.5 but also within different
versions of 2.4-RHL :-(

I've head you can spell out pci IDs
in modules.conf to nail it down but
I haven't gotten around to trying it -

Joe

Dave Jones wrote:

>I just upgraded a box with 2 NICs in it to 2.5.66, and found
>that what was eth0 in 2.4 is now eth1, and vice versa.
>Is this phenomenon intentional ? documented ?
>What caused it to do this ?
>
>The box in question has a DEC Tulip and a 3com 3c905,
>but I imagine this would affect any system with >1 NIC
>of different vendors/drivers ?
>
> Dave
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