Hello Joe Hickey, At Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:46:49 +0100 you wrote, "Will 'ifconfig' do the trick?"
"ifconfig" will list all configured interfaces. An interface is a software entity depending upon a device; a description of an interface can tell me about the device it uses. Conversely ifconfig can not report on an interface which doesn't exist. An Ethernet device for which an interface has not been configured, will not be mentioned by "ifconfig". Prior to udev or so, devices didn't change while a system was running and the owner would have a fairly certain understanding of Ethernet devices present. Now udev keeps a list of devices and avoids using an ethn used previously whether or not it remains connected. So, for example, a system can have eth0, eth1 and eth5 while eth2, eth3 and eth4 have been removed. "man udevinfo" hints that udevinfo might be able to list all the Ethers recognized by udev. Unfortunately, there are zero examples(!) and the man page is too sketchy for me. I do not see how to get a list. With any luck, someone out there has figured out how to use udevinfo. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ Desktops.OpenDoc http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
