Switch up eth0 and eth1 to BMC shared and dedicated resp. ( Zaius )

[Joel Stanley]

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:33 AM, Adriana Kobylak <anoo at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> From: Adi Gangidi
> Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 10:06 AM
> To: anoo at us.ibm.com; Kenneth Wilke; Brad DeBauche; Chad Somerlot;
> abarrera at us.ibm.com; ryan.dc.yu at foxconn.com; Rob Lippert
> Subject: Switch up eth0 and eth1 to BMC shared and dedicated resp. ( Zaius )
>
> Hi Adriana /.  Ryan ( Foxconn )
>
> Right now on openBMC
> BMC Shared      = eth0
> BMC Dedicated = eth1
>
>
> Instead, Is there a way we can make sure the BMC dedicated comes up as eth0
> and BMC shared link comes up as eth1, in Zaius / Barreleye G2 ?
>
>
> In how it works currently . you could have BMC dedicated be eth0 or eth1
> depending upon the hardware config ( Whether or not Broadcom 5719A is popped
> OR de-popped ) . That could confusing to support operators who don't
> understand the nuances .
>
> If you guys are busy with other things to make the change  , can I have your
> thoughts on if this can be changed ? I'm guessing this is a u-boot change .
> Any thoughts on how we could make this change ourselves ?

You can use a udev rule to ensure the devices are named as you expect.

Cheers,

Joel