Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:45:51 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc5] PCI: sort device lists breadth-first |
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 11:56:39AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 10:14:22PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > > Problem: > > New Dell PowerEdge servers have 2 embedded ethernet ports, which are > > labeled NIC1 and NIC2 on the chassis, in the BIOS setup screens, and > > in the printed documentation. Assuming no other add-in ethernet ports > > in the system, Linux 2.4 kernels name these eth0 and eth1 > > respectively. Many people have come to expect this naming. Linux 2.6 > > kernels name these eth1 and eth0 respectively (backwards from > > expectations). I also have reports that various Sun and HP servers > > have similar behavior. > > This came up years back when 2.6 was something new, and the answer > then was 'bind the interface to the MAC address'.
It came up then? I don't recall it, if so, I hope I didn't say that...
We should fix this, it's obviously a regression. Thanks a lot Matt for tracking this down and fixing it.
> Whilst your patch will fix the case that's currently broken (2.4->2.6), > doesn't it offer equal possibility to break existing setups when people move > from <=2.6.18 -> 2.6.19 ?
It might, but I'll take that heat, we do have a command line option that returns the functionality to the "broken" way.
Let's see what happens in the next -mm.
thanks,
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