> Just curious why you care which one ends up eth0?
>
Also considering that the kernel initializes device on the bus in the
order it finds them going down the bus, the system will make the first
NIC eth0, the next eth1 ect ect. Where is the top of the bus? Industry
standard is to go from the side closest tot he power supply (making it
Slot 0, on down to the other end of the motherboard.
If you don't know which one is which in the system, you may end up not
being able to initialize the second card as the first one "blocks" the
second (especially when they are of the same make). This also
complicates other parts of the system in the event that they both DO
initialize. Assignment of routes, ipchains rules and such are all
affected.
You CAN make it go otherwise but requires aliasing magic that there is
no damn need for.
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