rhel4 detects NICs in reverse on a 2950

[Matt Domsch]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:04:30AM -0700, Simon Gao wrote:
> Well, if 2950 is certified with RHEL4, then why I do not see any doc 
> anywhere mentioning the NIC order reverse problem?  Neither Red Hat nor 
> Dell engineer found the problem?  To me, this problem is pretty easy to 
> duplicate.

Not to belabor the point, but it's in our printed tech sheet that
comes with the system when ordering Linux, and also available online.

Support.dell.com
  Manuals
    Software
      Operating System
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version 4) Operating System
          (choose language)
             
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version 4) for Intel x86 and EM64T
Installation Instructions and Important Information (.pdf)

printed page 18, PDF page 20:

Inconsistent Network Device Enumeration

Linux operating system versions that use the udev kernel device
manager may enumerate the Network Interface Cards (NICs) differently
than earlier Linux versions, that uses the devfs device manager.
Although this does not affect system functionality when using Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (Version 4) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
operating systems, NIC1 may be configured as eth1 rather than as eth0,
and NIC2 as eth0. For more information and methods for changing
default device enumerations, see the white papers at linux.dell.com.


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Matt Domsch
Software Architect
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