On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:49:52PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Freitag, 7. Februar 2003 14:52 schrieb Alan Cox: > > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 08:45, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > > the names depend on the order I plug them in. If I plug in my orinoco > > > first, it gets eth1, if I plug in the kaweth first, _it_ gets eth1, and > > > the orinoco would get eth2. But I want to know which sort of device I > > > have, so that I can configure them automatically using hotplug and > > > ifupdown (from Debian). Naturally, kaweth and orinoco need different > > > configurations. This cannot be achieved with changing the name when it > > > is already given. > > > > ethtool and mac addresses should be more than sufficient (actually the > > current Red Hat will bind names to mac addresses). > > I tried actually doing this through the hotplugging system. I failed because > I had no idea how to discover which interface to rename. Any ideas?
If you are using Debian: it should be possible somehow using /etc/network/interfaces and its mapping and wildcard features. I will try to figure out as soon as I have time (next week). I have no choice... using the module params it would be much easier. Greetings, Oliver -- An MTA for home users, notebooks and PDAs: http://masqmail.cx/masqmail/ A driver for Atmel at76c503 based WLAN Adapters: http://masqmail.cx/at76c503/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
