Re: identical nics

[Dima Veselov <kab00m%lich.phys.spbu.ru@localhost>]

Hi,

Yes, your NICs would be enumerated in the order they was found. It comes from 
slots order, usually one by one, starting from CPU. I saw only one motherboard, 
which has reverse slots order - coming to CPU instead.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 09:42:06PM +0200, Goran wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> just a theoretical question...
> 
> What if I have two identical NICs in my system (with of course not
> identical MACs)...
> 
> will the NIC naming always be the same (especially after reboot)?
> 
> E.g. can this happen:
> 
>   At first setup:
>   NIC0 == bce0
>   NIC1 == bce1
> 
>   After reboot:
>   NIC0 == bce1
>   NIC1 == bce0
> 
> Goran
> 
> 

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Sincerelly yours