On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 13:06:45 +1100 Ralph Ronnquist via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> On 03/03 00:19, g4sra via Dng wrote: > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:15 AM, spiralofhope > > <spiralofh...@spiralofhope.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 01:34:40 +1100 > > > Ralph Ronnquist via Dng dng@lists.dyne.org wrote: > > > > For bare-metal hardware I believe there is a first possible > > > > "race" between different modules (that handle different card > > > > types), and a second possible "race" for multiple same-type > > > > cards, which are handled by the one and same module. > > > > > I've always found this strange.. > > > > > Is there nothing like hard drives' UUID? > > > > Yes, MAC Addresses. > > Sysadmins are just generally too lazy to use them. > > Well, this is really a fundamental problem, the "das ding an sich" > that Kant brought up some few years ago to the merriment and pleasure > of his contemporary philosphical minded peers. > > But yes, MAC address for network interfaces are alike UUID for > partitions in that they are used for identifing the *functions* of > devices so that further configurations can be made with respect to > those identifications regardless of which actual, physical device > implements them (the functions). Am I hearing correctly when I think you two are saying I can make multiple network devices have determinate names (even if I don't select those names) by doing something with their MAC addresses? If so, how do I do it? SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
