[CentOS] OT: systemd Poll

Alice Wonder alice at domblogger.net
Tue Apr 11 12:41:32 UTC 2017


On 04/11/2017 05:39 AM, Alice Wonder wrote:
> On 04/11/2017 05:30 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 08:09:01AM -0400, Pete Orrall wrote:
>>>> And *why* random NIC names? Quick, you've got servers from 5
>>>> manufacturers, of different ages... what's the NIC going to be
>>>> called? Do
>>>> names like enp5s0 offer any convenience to *anyone* not a hardware
>>>> engineer?
>>>
>>> As someone else had stated, it's not related to SystemD but
>>> Fedora/RHEL has changed the way they handle some things.  NICs, for
>>> instance, are no longer named after the device number (eth0, eth1,
>>> eth2, etc.) but after the *driver* name.  Yes, it's a change but it
>>> also makes sense.  IIRC this is how FreeBSD handles NIC names.
>>
>> It's true that FreeBSD names their network interfaces after the driver.
>>
>> But the consistent device naming in Linux comes from slot index
>> numbers, physical location and even the MAC (if so configured), and
>> not what driver it uses.
>>
>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/ch-Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html#sec-Naming_Schemes_Hierarchy
>>
>>
>
> Okay that makes sense.
>
> eno1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 0c:c4:7a:c8:a5:4c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
> eno2: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 0c:c4:7a:c8:a5:4d  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>
> Those two are my onboard nic, Intel - Scheme 1
>
> enp10s0f0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 00:1b:21:94:72:37  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
> enp10s0f1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 00:1b:21:94:72:36  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
> enp9s0f0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 00:1b:21:94:72:35  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
> enp9s0f1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>
> Those four are on a PCI-E card, Intel - Scheme 3
>
> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network
> Connection (rev 03)
> 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network
> Connection (rev 03)
> 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
> 09:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
> 0a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
> 0a:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
>
> Anyway thanks for that link.

er, I meant to add that the 09: seems to correspond with the enp9s* and 
the 0a: seems to correspond with the enp10s*




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