How do I name my network interface?

[Erik Trulsson]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 10:29:14PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 10:00:55PM +0200, Andreas Davour wrote:
> > Having done that I conclude it is a Realtek 8201BL chip. Wouldn't there 
> > be another rl interface, then?
> 
> The re nor the rl driver seem to support the 8201BL.
> 
> > >What does 'pciconf -lv' say?
> > 
> > Quite a lot. The parts that looks relevant is this:
> > rl0 at pci0:11:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
> >     device   = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter'
> >     class    = network
> >     subclass = ethernet
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > none2 at pci0:18:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x80ed1043 chip=0x30651106 
> > rev=0x78 hdr=0x00
> >     vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
> >     device   = 'VT6102 Rhine II PCI Fast Ethernet Controller'
> >     class    = network
> >     subclass = ethernet
> > 
> > But none2 doesn't sound much like the name of a network device. I guess 
> > it does confirm that there exists such a thing. It says nothing about 
> > Realtek, like the docs, though.
> 
> The "none" only means it's not bound to a driver. You might try the
> vr(4) driver, although the 6102 is not mentioned in vr(4).

VT6102 might not be mentioned in the vr(4) manpage, but Rhine II is.
VT6102 is mentioned in the sourcecode for the vr(4) driver though, so it
should work fine.



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