Anthony Durity wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> The same happened with me upgrading from 2.6.22 to 2.6.24 via an upgrade
> from Ubuntu Gutsy to Ubuntu Hardy. There is definitely a renaming thing
> going on. I tried adding the ATTR clause like you suggested here and
> also suggested to another poster if I recall correctly and it didn't
> work. They recently pushed a brand spanking new kernel which I haven't
> tried. What information would you need to exactly pinpoint the problem.
> It seems that a number of people have been bitten by this. Cheers for
> your great work thus far by the way.

The output of iwconfig is usually what is needed. The problem is NOT with b43 
or mac80211, but with
the udev renaming rules for network devices. When you switch from 
bcm43xx/softmac to b43/mac80211,
the number of "wireless" devices goes from a single "wlan0" the the combination 
of "wmaster0" and
"wlan0". The existing renaming rule renames "wmaster0" to "eth1" and then tries 
to rename "wlan0".
It fails as "eth1" already exists. You then end up with "eth1" and 
"wlan0-rename". Your network
support software then tries to manipulate eth1 and fails.

You have two options: (1) rewrite the renaming rule in 
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, or
(2) delete the rule and let udev recreate it.

Larry
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