> -----Original Message----- > From: H.fazaeli [mailto:faza...@sepehrs.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:24 PM > To: Yony Yossef > Cc: freebsd-...@freebsd.org; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; > Eitan Shefi; Oleg Kats; Liran Liss > Subject: Re: howto determine network device unit number? device.hints? > > > you may not change unit numbers as they are strictly > controlled by kernel. > However, on freebsd 5.3+, you may use 'ifconfig name <your-name-here>' > to achieve the same affect >
Sorry, I don't understand the usage of ifconfig you suggested and the effect it will cause. Can you please explain it? Yony > > Yony Yossef wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to determine the unit number of my network cards, e.g. > > make the device on pci0:16 be assigned every time with unit > number 0 > > and pci0:19 with unit number 1. > > > > Is it done by /boot/device.hints? > > if so, how? > > > > My cards are: > > > > mtn...@pci0:19:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x001715b3 > chip=0x636815b3 > > rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 > > mtn...@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x001715b3 > chip=0x636815b3 > > rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 > > > > So I've tried: > > > > hint.mtnic.0.at="pci0:16" > > hint.mtnic.1.at="pci0:19" > > > > but it doesn't work. They keep switching arbitrarily. > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.0. > > > > Thanks > > Yony > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards. > > Hooman Fazaeli <h...@sepehrs.com> > Sepehr S. T. Co. Ltd. > > Web: http://www.sepehrs.com > Tel: (9821)88975701-2 > Fax: (9821)88983352 > > > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
