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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Centos 4 32 bit - New kernel ethX MAC address order issue Post 302605435 by mark54g on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 11:42:40 AM
Old 03-07-2012
The next reboot, the udev rules are loaded appropriately based on PCI Bus ID, forcing the names to exist as intended.

PCI slots do not reorder themselves. This is especially an important distinction when dealing with enterprises that have a custom configuration, that for the purposes of homogony and manageability require this level of consistency.

I'm not pulling this out of my rump, it is what the last few companies I have worked for have done, specifically to make sure that consistent device names were kept.

Using the PCI Bus ID will not change so long as the controller is not damaged or the slot is not changed, and it should not be. If it is, it is as simple as changing the persistent naming rule in udev, which would have been changed in the case of a failed card if you used MAC addresses instead of BUS ID, but this saves that effort if the slot is reused, so long as you don't add a controller with a different number of physical ports (like a 2 port NIC to a 4 port NIC). However, most field services reps will replace a failed card in the open slot the previous card had occupied, preventing an outage or problem.

Last edited by mark54g; 03-07-2012 at 01:42 PM.. Reason: clarity and additional info
 

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MAC_NONE(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 					       MAC_NONE(4)

NAME
mac_none -- null MAC policy module SYNOPSIS
To compile the null policy into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: options MAC options MAC_NONE Alternately, to load the sample module at boot time, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: options MAC and in loader.conf(5): mac_none_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The mac_none policy module implements a sample MAC policy that has no effect on access control in the system. Unlike mac_stub(4), none of the MAC entry points are defined. Label Format No labels are defined for mac_none. SEE ALSO
mac(4), mac_biba(4), mac_bsdextended(4), mac_ifoff(4), mac_lomac(4), mac_mls(4), mac_partition(4), mac_portacl(4), mac_seeotheruids(4), mac_stub(4), mac_test(4), mac(9) HISTORY
The mac_none policy module first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0 and was developed by the TrustedBSD Project. AUTHORS
This software was contributed to the FreeBSD Project by Network Associates Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. BUGS
See mac(9) concerning appropriateness for production use. The TrustedBSD MAC Framework is considered experimental in FreeBSD. While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry point checks. As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation, to protect against a malicious privileged user. BSD
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