Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:50:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> To: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0104101419070.24352-100000@corten8> In-Reply-To: <01041014173602.01788@pravda.tenzo.net>
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At Tue, 10 Apr 2001 it looks like Michael O'Henly composed: michae->In Linux, my two NICs were referred to (always) as eth0 and eth1. In FreeBSD, michae->they're called rl0 and xl0. These names seem to relate to the driver (i.e., michae->rl0 is a Realtek 1839). michae-> michae->Is this actually the case or am I misunderstanding something? Are there michae->occasions when you'd refer to them in a more abstract way -- e.g., eth0/1? michae-> .......... that is exactly why I stopped concentrating on Linux and moved over to Unix based OS's to get a broader scope of things. Not only are the NIC's named different, but the devices. Here are some examples of machines I'm currently connected to: (example of /etc/fstab of HP-UX, FreeBSD, Linux) (example of /etc/vfstab of Solaris-8 Intel ) ############################################### HP-UX /dev/vg00/lvol3 / vxfs delaylog 0 1 /dev/vg00/lvol1 /stand hfs defaults 0 1 /dev/vg00/lvol4 /home vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg00/lvol5 /opt vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg00/lvol7 /usr vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg00/lvol8 /var vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg00/admsw /var/adm/sw vxfs delaylog 0 2 # /dev/vg01/students /students vxfs quota,delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg01/sas /sas vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg01/pub /pub vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg01/tmp /tmp vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg01/cisora /cisora vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg01/swap ... swap pri=1 0 0 # /dev/vg02/users /users vxfs quota,delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/oracle /oracle vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/mail /var/mail vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/logs /logs vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/inet /inet vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/ops /ops vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/spool /var/spool vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/vtmp /var/tmp vxfs delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/clubmail /clubmail vxfs quota,delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/spcwww /spcwww vxfs quota,delaylog 0 2 /dev/vg02/swap ... swap pri=1 0 0 /dev/vg02/omnidb /var/opt/omni vxfs delaylog 0 2 # /dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /cdrom cdfs ro,suid,noauto 0 0 ################################################ Solaris-8 # less /etc/vfstab (partial) /dev/dsk/c0d0s1 - - swap /dev/dsk/c0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 / ufs /dev/dsk/c0d0p0:boot - /boot pcfs - /dev/dsk/c0d0s7 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s7 /export/home ############################################### FreeBSD-4.2 # Device Mountpoint FStype /dev/ad0s1b none swap /dev/ad0s1a / ufs /dev/ad0s1f /usr ufs /dev/ad0s1e /var ufs /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 proc /proc procfs ############################################### Linux /dev/hda4 / ext2 /dev/hda3 /boot ext2 /dev/hdc1 /tl ext2 /dev/hdc2 /data ext2 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto none /proc proc none /dev/pts devpts /dev/hda2 swap swap ################################################## Now I didn't do that to scare you, just to have you NOT waste time like I did concentrating on one singular Unix (like) OS. It will help you better navigate when thrust into a different Unix box. I'm still trying to find a way to have an account on a AIX box and IRIX just to cruise around. I purchase SCO three months ago for the exposure and that was another experience altogether. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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