ghe composed on 2019-03-22 16:14 (UTC-0600): > But when I'm looking to connect a cable, the location of the port on the > outside of the box is much more useful to me than the address number on > the bus.
> When writing software, though, the bus address becomes more important > than the location. > A labeling algorithm useful in both situations would be nice... IME, using net.ifnames=0, the motherboard NIC closer to an ATX power supply is always eth0. With BTX I've never had two NICs, but have to suppose it would be the opposite. I think PCI(e) resources flow the same direction, from CPU & PS/2 port end to last slot end. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
