Re: How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work?

Mark Atwood
2001-08-08T00:16:59Z

(apologies for splitting my reply into multiple pieces, but each part
covers different territory).

Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX> writes:
>
> 2. Multiple identical static interfaces.
>
> At the moment, you are required to initialise the interfaces in
> ascending order of their name in the modules.conf file.
>
> I've dealt with this situation on several occasions, and never
> found this to be a problem in any way.

Have you ever assembled a distribution that's going to be imaged into
several thousands to several tens of thousands of hardware boxes, with
evolving-into-the-future changes in hardware version and changes in
component suppliers?

If Linux really wants to break into the appliance market, this is
going to be a bigger and bigger issue.

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