Re: [MiNT] Unix future (was: Riebl Ethernet c

[bernd.ebert@iorio.de (Bernd Ebert)]

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:10:15 +0200, Michael Schwingen wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 10:09:38AM +0000, Bernd Ebert wrote:
> > Hmm, But how do you know for. eg. which interface is meant when
> > you are using simply eth0, eth1, eth2,...
> 
> How do you know when using two cards of the same type? 

AFAIK you can't use two Riebls, but you are right, with two ne2000
in a milan or hades you can't use this for identification.

> 
> > Besides that this is very useful for each kind of admintool,
> > because you can determine the type and the requirements of
> > the interface out of its name (for e.g. setting of hw-adress).
> 
> That does sound reasonable - the rest seems to be more a matter of personal
> preferences and not technical reasons.

Surely, but for a distribution I would prefer to have the opportunity
to generate admintools.

Greetings,
           Bernd