Forcing Linux to recognize NICS in BIOS order

[Dave Johnson]

Chris Linstid writes:
> Hmm... on second thought, if the driver module for the on-board  
> network and the PCI NIC are the same, I'm not sure how you would  
> control the order for that.
> 
> 	- Chris

If both are controlled by the same driver then the order they are
discovered on the PCI tree (bus/slot/func) will govern the interface
name.

If both are controlled by a different driver then the order the
drivers are initialized (either build time link order for static
drivers, or module load order for module drivers).

As already mentioned you can either adjust the module load order or
rename the interfaces after the fact.

-- 
Dave