Information about the package, biosdevname, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The biosdevname package is designed for, Udev helper for naming devices per BIOS names.
Package Name:
biosdevname
Summary:
Udev helper for naming devices per BIOS names
Description:
biosdevname in its simplest form takes a kernel device name as an argument, and returns the BIOS-given name it "should" be. This is necessary on systems where the BIOS name for a given device (e.g. the label on the chassis is "Gb1") doesn't map directly and obviously to the kernel name (e.g. eth0).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.7.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
35 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the biosdevname package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install biosdevname
This command will install biosdevname on the server.
yum remove biosdevname
This command will un-install biosdevname on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove biosdevname, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove biosdevname
This command will un-install biosdevname on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove biosdevname when using the -y flag.
yum update biosdevname
This command will update biosdevname to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove biosdevname, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update biosdevname
This command will update biosdevname to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove biosdevname when using the -y flag.
yum info biosdevname
This command will show you core information about the biosdevname package.
yum deplist biosdevname
This command will show you the dependencies for biosdevname. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update biosdevname
This command will check if there is an update waiting on biosdevname. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.