On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 13:06:45 +1100
Ralph Ronnquist via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> On 03/03 00:19, g4sra via Dng wrote:
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:15 AM, spiralofhope
> > <spiralofhope@???> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 01:34:40 +1100
> > > Ralph Ronnquist via Dng dng@??? wrote:
> > > > For bare-metal hardware I believe there is a first possible
> > > > "race" between different modules (that handle different card
> > > > types), and a second possible "race" for multiple same-type
> > > > cards, which are handled by the one and same module.
> >
> > > I've always found this strange..
> >
> > > Is there nothing like hard drives' UUID?
> >
> > Yes, MAC Addresses.
> > Sysadmins are just generally too lazy to use them.
>
> Well, this is really a fundamental problem, the "das ding an sich"
> that Kant brought up some few years ago to the merriment and pleasure
> of his contemporary philosphical minded peers.
>
> But yes, MAC address for network interfaces are alike UUID for
> partitions in that they are used for identifing the *functions* of
> devices so that further configurations can be made with respect to
> those identifications regardless of which actual, physical device
> implements them (the functions).

Am I hearing correctly when I think you two are saying I can make
multiple network devices have determinate names (even if I don't select
those names) by doing something with their MAC addresses? If so, how do
I do it?

SteveT

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