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Servers often have multiple Ethernet ports, either embedded on the motherboard, or on add-in PCI cards. Linux has traditionally named these ports ethX, but there has been no correlation of the ethX names to the chassis labels - the ethX names are non-deterministic. Starting in Fedora 15, Ethernet ports will have a new naming scheme corresponding to physical locations, rather than ethX. Ethernet ports embedded on server motherboards will be named em<port_number>, while ports on PCI cards will be named pci<slot_number>p<port_number>, corresponding to the chassis labels. Additionally, if the network device is an SR-IOV Virtual Function or has Network Partitioning (NPAR) capability, the name will have a suffix of _<virtual_function> or _<partition>. | |||
By changing the naming convention, system administrators will no longer have to guess at the ethX to physical port mapping, or invoke workarounds on each system to rename them into some "sane" order. | |||
'' | This feature affects all physical systems that expose network port naming information in SMBIOS 2.6 or later (specifically field types 9 and 41). Dell PowerEdge 10G and newer servers (PowerEdge 1950 III family, PowerEdge R710 family, and newer), and HP ProLiant G6 servers and newer are known to expose this information, as do some newer desktop models. Furthermore, most older systems expose some information in the PCI IRQ Routing Table, which will be consulted if information is not provided by SMBIOS. | ||
''Consistent network device naming based on BIOS-provided port names'' | |||
=== Dynamic Firewall Feature === | === Dynamic Firewall Feature === | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 23 February 2011
These are the Talking Points for the Fedora 15 release. For information on how these talking points were chosen, see Talking Points SOP. They are intended to help Ambassadors quickly present an overview of highlighted features when talking about the release.
The talking points are based in part on the features for this release. Any Fedora community member can introduce a feature, using our feature process.
For desktop users and everyone
Things of general interest to most people using Fedora.
GNOME 3 Feature
GNOME 3 is the next major version of the GNOME desktop. GNOME 3 brings a fresh look and feel with gnome-shell, which is a compositing window manager and desktop shell. It replaces the GNOME 2 desktop shell, which consisted of metacity, gnome-panel, notification-daemon and nautilus. Apart from pure window management, gnome-shell provides the top bar on the screen, which hosts the 'system status' area in the top right, a clock in the center, and a hot corner that switches to the so-called 'overview' mode, which provides easy access to applications and windows.
Additional information is available at the Gnome 3 website.
GNOME 3 is a major rewrite of the GNOME desktop.
LibreOffice Feature
LibreOffice feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Power Management Feature
Power management feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Tryton Feature
Tryton feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Feature
Feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
For administrators
Improvements that make system administrators' lives better.
Consistent Network Device Naming Feature
Consistent Network Device Naming feature
Servers often have multiple Ethernet ports, either embedded on the motherboard, or on add-in PCI cards. Linux has traditionally named these ports ethX, but there has been no correlation of the ethX names to the chassis labels - the ethX names are non-deterministic. Starting in Fedora 15, Ethernet ports will have a new naming scheme corresponding to physical locations, rather than ethX. Ethernet ports embedded on server motherboards will be named em<port_number>, while ports on PCI cards will be named pci<slot_number>p<port_number>, corresponding to the chassis labels. Additionally, if the network device is an SR-IOV Virtual Function or has Network Partitioning (NPAR) capability, the name will have a suffix of _<virtual_function> or _<partition>.
By changing the naming convention, system administrators will no longer have to guess at the ethX to physical port mapping, or invoke workarounds on each system to rename them into some "sane" order.
This feature affects all physical systems that expose network port naming information in SMBIOS 2.6 or later (specifically field types 9 and 41). Dell PowerEdge 10G and newer servers (PowerEdge 1950 III family, PowerEdge R710 family, and newer), and HP ProLiant G6 servers and newer are known to expose this information, as do some newer desktop models. Furthermore, most older systems expose some information in the PCI IRQ Routing Table, which will be consulted if information is not provided by SMBIOS.
Consistent network device naming based on BIOS-provided port names
Dynamic Firewall Feature
Dynamic Firewall feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
LZMA for Live Images Feature
LZMA for Live Images feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
systemd System and Session Manager Feature
systemd System and Session Manager feature
systemd System and Session Manager feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Feature
Feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
For developers
Innovations that make Fedora a great platform for software developers.
BoxGrinder Feature
BoxGrinder feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
GCC 4.6 Feature
GCC 4.6 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Maven 3 Feature
Maven 3 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Python 3.2 Feature
Python 3.2 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Rails 3.0.3 Feature
Rails 3.0.3 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Feature
Feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Spins
A few highlighted Fedora Spins coming out with this release.
For the Official Fedora 15 Release Spins, see the Fedora 15 Release Spins link.
KDE 4.6 Name
KDE 4.6 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Sugar 0.92 Name
Sugar 0.92 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Xfce 4.8 Name
Xfce 4.8 feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.
Spin Name
Feature description.
Additional information is available at the .
Feature one liner.