From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:28:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:28:33 -0500 Received: from t2.redhat.com ([199.183.24.243]:25335 "EHLO passion.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:28:23 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: David Woodhouse X-Accept-Language: en_GB In-Reply-To: <20011120190316.H19738@vnl.com> In-Reply-To: <20011120190316.H19738@vnl.com> To: Dale Amon Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A return to PCI ordering problems... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:27:37 +0000 Message-ID: <2048.1006291657@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org amon@vnl.com said: > In any case, here is the problem: > NIC on motherboard, Realtek > NIC on PCI card, Realtek > Monolithic (no-module) kernel > Motherboard must be set to eth0 Why must the motherboard be set to eth0? Why not just configure it as it gets detected? If you really care about the names, there's an ioctl you can use to change them. You can call them 'fred' and 'sheila' if you so desire. -- dwmw2