Re: network devices and passing options to kernel

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:43:02 +0100

samkaski@cs.helsinki.fi said:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Lauri Tischler wrote:
>
> > maybe optimum vould be
> > options tulip eth0 mac=00:11:22:33:44:55, eth2 mac=12:14:13:13:13:13
> > options 3c905 eth1 mac=00:60:06:ee:ee:12
>
> Hear, hear!
>
> I too would like to see something like this but my uneducated guess is
> that your method wouldn't be do'able since you don't know the MAC before
> you "activate" the NIC. I may be mistaking.

Can't this be done in userspace later? ISTR you can change the name of an
interface - so before setting them up you should be able to switch the names
around to your heart's content.

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