Fedora 15, new and exciting plans (biosdevname)

[Matt Domsch]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:57:59AM +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 08:34:54PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 09:35:54AM -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > > Greetings. 
> > > 
> > > Fedora 14 was a pretty relaxing and stable release. I'm thinking that
> > > Fedora 15 may be much more exciting. ;) 
> > 
> > biosdevname installed by default, used in the installer and at runtime
> > to rename Dell and HP server onboard NICs from non-deterministic
> > "ethX" to clearly labeled "lomX" matching the chassis silkscreen.
> 
>   But why ???lomX??? for all? Isn't Lights-Out-Management available only on first
> ethernet port and often on dedicated port?

This has nothing to do with Lights-Out-Management.  LOM also == LAN on
Motherboard.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO