Keeping up with the changes

[Patrick Lists]

On 30-01-12 11:37, Moray Henderson wrote:
> *From:*Kaj Niemi [mailto:kajtzu at a51.org]
> *Sent:* 29 January 2012 01:40
>
> You did not mention which rhel version you are using but interfaces on
> dells in rhel 6.1 will show up as em1, em2, etc. by default instead of
> eth0, eth1. Both dell and redhat mention it in their docs.
>
> Pretty soon I’m going to have to start updating the software I develop
> and maintain for RHEL 6. Apparently, I’m going to have to rewrite the
> entire set of perfectly-working network code because many (but not all)
> of my customers use Dells. What’s the best place to keep up with changes
> like this - to learn not just what they are, but the reasons for them
> and the lists of exactly what hardware combinations produce which
> responses in the OS?

Read Linux related news sites :) Iirc there were quite a few reports 
about biosdevname. See Matt Domsch's blog: http://domsch.com/blog/?p=455
Matt works at Dell which explains the Dell focus. A good way of keeping 
up is by tracking Fedora's New Features page of the upcoming Fedora 
release on Fedora's wiki. Fedora is usually the first to pick up new 
stuff which can/will end up in RHEL (CentOS) as was the case for 
biosdevname. Just run Fedora on your desktop and test your RPMs on your 
desktop too. If your software uses SysVinit: on Fedora it has already 
been replaced by systemd which probably will find its way to RHEL at 
some point since it was developed by a Red Hat employee (Lennart 
Poettering). A 12 part systemd admin guide: 
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-1.html

Regards,
Patrick