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To: Dale Amon <amon@vnl.com>
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Subject: Re: A return to PCI ordering problems... 
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amon@vnl.com said:
> In any case, here is the problem:
> 	NIC on motherboard, Realtek
> 	NIC on PCI card, Realtek
> 	Monolithic (no-module) kernel
> 	Motherboard must be set to eth0 

Why must the motherboard be set to eth0? Why not just configure it as it 
gets detected?

If you really care about the names, there's an ioctl you can use to change 
them. You can call them 'fred' and 'sheila' if you so desire.


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dwmw2


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