ethernet devices are in the wrong order

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • kernel detects port 2 nic as eth0 and port 1 nic as eth1. Sometimes nics are named using devxxxx name instead of ethx. How can I resolve this?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterpise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterpise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise virtualization v2.2

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