how to fix the naming order of NIC

[Joshua Daniel Franklin]

Run this:
http://linux.dell.com/files/name_eths/
Warning: it may rename your eth0 so you probably want to have
physical access in case you need to move some cabling.

Background at
http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v3.pdf

On Dec 10, 2007 7:41 PM,  <leilei175 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a DELL 1950 with 2 on-board NIC,bnx2,and 2 PCI slots,on which 2
> Intel NIC e1000 are used.After installing EnterpriseLinux5 the order
> of these NIC would change boot by boot.
> Sometime bnx2 may become the last 2 interface and other time may be in the
> middle. (e.g. eth0:e1000, eth[12]:bnx2, eth[3-]:e1000).
>
> How can I fix the order?I will expect the order of network interface
> as on-board NIC, NIC on first slot then on second slot when the
> machine is racked up and wire
> the netwok cable.
>
> I know adding one line in the file
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethN with
> HWADDR="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"can fix the order,however it's difficult to
> know the HWADDR untile the OS actually get installed.Moreover,if we
> replace the card on the slot this would raise new problems.
>
> another way I found on net is to use udev utils,which also requires
> writing rules after installation,is there another way to fix the
> ordering by the slot number without additional settings?
>
> thanks
>
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