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authorDan Nichilson <dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-08-08 18:34:59 +0000
committerDan Nichilson <dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-08-08 18:34:59 +0000
commitf801e9ea0d595647c78979072e6461b8af7d6330 (patch)
tree4f2977b436aab340bcfeb00096d81c5ede8ebf4a /chapter07/network.xml
parent3282212a29d24856c3f02d717528898db3f63861 (diff)
Clarify udev persistent-net-rules output
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8299 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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<screen><userinput>cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</userinput></screen>
- <para>Each NIC takes up two lines in the file. The first line is a
- description of the NIC itself, showing its hardware IDs (e.g. its PCI
- vendor and device IDs, if it's a PCI card), along with its driver in
- parentheses, if the driver can be found. This line is a comment; neither
+ <para>The file begins with a comment block followed by two lines for each
+ NIC. The first line for each NIC is a commented description showing its
+ hardware IDs (e.g. its PC vendor and device IDs, if it's a PCI card),
+ along with its driver in parentheses, if the driver can be found. Neither
the hardware ID nor the driver is used to determine which name to give an
interface. The second line is the Udev rule that matches this NIC and
actually assigns it a name.</para>