What is 'auto ethernet' in nm-applet (F9)?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Neal Becker wrote:
> What does 'auto ethernet' selection do?

Pre-release questions should be directed to fedora-test list.  NM has 
two different settings for ethernet connections. The one called 'eth0' 
inherits the settings from /etc/sysconfig/network* files. "Ethernet" 
uses gconf to manage the settings. It is a classic vs new method 
difference.

Rahul