[Bug 61258] Not all ethernet ports listed on Pegasos, also names not "user-friendly"

[Matt Sealey]

Public bug reported:

I downloaded the last updated Edgy netboot kernel from

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/installer-
powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/

First thing I noticed wrong on Pegasos was that the Marvell Gigabit
Ethernet is not listed for the network interfaces. This requires a
kernel module and/or a hotplug patch.

Secondly the names are not listed in a user-friendly manner; on Edgy we
have

eth0: Ethernet or Fast Ethernet
eth1: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II]

Debian 3.1r3 PowerPC lists

eth0: Galileo Technology Ltd. MV64360/MV64361/MV64362 builtin Gigabit
eth1: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II]
eth2: FireWire Ethernet

This is much easier to work out which is which. Even if Edgy had the
module for Marvell Gigabit, it would still list it as Ethernet or Fast
Ethernet leaving the user confused as to which was FireWire an which was
Marvell.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Not all ethernet ports listed on Pegasos, also names not "user-friendly"
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61258