rhel4 detects NICs in reverse on a 2950

[Matt Domsch]

On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 02:52:09PM -0700, Todd Lyons wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 03:22:14PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
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> >On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 09:51:20AM -0700, Simon Gao wrote:
> >> Anyone knows when Dell is going to fix this problem permanently, instead 
> >> of just workaround?
> >It's not clear what would constitute a "permanent fix" vs a
> >"workaround". I'm open to suggestions. :-)  
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> <funny=almost>
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> Post production:
>  Xacto Knife and super glue. Swap the labels on the case exterior.
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> Pre production:
>  Adjust the printer.
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> </funny>

* Change BIOS Setup screen to show the reversed names
* Change the printed docs to show the reversed names
(oh, and it's only needed on Linux with a 2.6 kernel, ...)

Don't think we haven't thought of these. :-)
-Matt

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