name_eths 0.3 released - adds SLES10 support

[Matt Domsch]

I've released version 0.3 of my name_eths program, adding support for
SLES10 in addition to the support for Red Hat and Fedora
distributions.

This program uses BIOS information to assign the system's embedded
NICs the lowest ethX numbers, and assigns NICs in add-in slots to
higher ethX numbers.  This avoids confusion caused by the BIOS and
printed docs specifying the embedded devices as NIC1 and NIC2, when
Linux then finds them in the reverse order eth1 and eth0.  Using
name_eths, NIC1 and NIC2 get assigned to eth0 and eth1 as would be expected.

http://linux.dell.com/files/name_eths/name_eths-0.3.tar.gz
http://linux.dell.com/files/name_eths/name_eths-0.3.tar.gz.sign

Thanks,
Matt

P.S.
If using Red Hat's anaconda installer and you have only one NIC
with a cable plugged in, use 'ksdevice=link', then use name_eths after
installation is complete.

If using Red Hat's anaconda installer and PXELinux, the PXELinux
option IPAPPEND can be used to have anaconda use the same NIC that
is used for PXE booting.  See the syslinux documentation for more
information.

If all else fails, use ksdevice=macaddr, where macaddr is the MAC
address of the NIC you want to use for the install.  See the anaconda
docs or sourcecode for more details.

-- 
Matt Domsch
Software Architect
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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