biosdevname in fedora 15 - why is this inconsistency?

[Kevin Wilson]

Hi,
thanks for your answer.
I had looked in the rpm and I suppose you mean this file:
/lib/udev/rules.d/71-biosdevname.rules
it doesn't talk pci ports/slots, but your explanation of biosdevname
is enough for me, I hope the man page will be updated in the future.


On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Kevin Wilson <wkevils at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I have biosdevname-0.3.8-1.fc15.x86_64 on fedora 15 machine.
>>
>> I see from
>> man biosdevname , that the name of the devices should be:
>> ..
>>      em<port>
>>              for embedded NICs
>>
>>       pci<slot>#<port>_<virtual instance>
>>              for cards in PCI slots
>> ..
>>
>> ifconfig shows I have em1, p2p1;
>> indded em1 is embedded NICs.
>>  However , the second nic is PCI nic. Why does it not defined as
>> pci<slot>#<port>?
>> is this some udev definition (some policy) which sets other names for
>> pci nics ?
>> any idea where this policy is defined and how can I choose a different
>> policy ?
>>
>
> Have a look in the rpm and you'll see the rule file listed. p2 is pci slot 2
> and p1 is port 1. Looks consistent to me.
>
>  Peter
>
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