Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:54:23 +0330 From: "H.fazaeli" <fazaeli@sepehrs.com> To: Yony Yossef <yonyossef.lists@gmail.com> Cc: eitans@mellanox.co.il, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, oleg@mellanox.co.il, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, liranl@mellanox.co.il Subject: Re: howto determine network device unit number? device.hints? Message-ID: <496E11B7.3010608@sepehrs.com> In-Reply-To: <20def4870901140009y1f007108y92797d5f79ffac08@mail.gmail.com> References: <20def4870901140009y1f007108y92797d5f79ffac08@mail.gmail.com>
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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 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: > > mtnic0@pci0:19:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x001715b3 chip=0x636815b3 > rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 > mtnic1@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-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- Best regards. Hooman Fazaeli <hf@sepehrs.com> Sepehr S. T. Co. Ltd. Web: http://www.sepehrs.com Tel: (9821)88975701-2 Fax: (9821)88983352
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