On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 14:04 -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> Thomas wrote :
> > udev makes ifrename unnecessary.
>
> For someone familiar with ifrename and its documentation, I
> find this statement puzzling.
OK, I change my statement to "udev makes ifrename unnecessary in many
cases."
I a
martin f krafft wrote :
>
> About waproamd: could you simply file a request to remove the
> package against ftp.debian.org? Maybe we can make udev and ifrename
> conflict?
That's counter productive. The main goal of udev is to
populate /dev, and the interface name renaming is just a side
Marco wrote :
>
> ifrename is not needed if you are using udev. If you are not, you are on
> your own.
Sorry, but that's not true. It pains me that the hotplug/udev
project suffers from NIH, this is not the first time I see them making
blanket statements that their stuff completely replac
On Feb 16, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marco: if udevsend replaces /sbin/hotplug, then udev should be
> installed on the standard system, huh? Maybe then we can either
> integrate ifrename into it, or argue that ifrename is not necessary
> anymore?
ifrename is not needed if you ar
reassign 294180 ifrename
retitle 294180 ifrename should be run before ifplugd
thanks
On Feb 16, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can confirm that the latest hotplug (not yet uploaded) and the
> latest udev (not yet uploaded) fix this issue halfway. Now udevsend
> is used for the not
On Feb 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How to solve the problem? Running ifrename from /sbin/hotplug
> instead of from net.agent works for me. I would send a patch but
This will not happen, hotplug-ng uses a C program and anyway on udev
systems udevsend will be used as the hotplug multiplexer.
OT
also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.16.1124 +0100]:
> Yes, starting with the next hotplug package. You can already try this by
> upgrading to the latest udev package and modifying the hotplug init
> script to stop changing /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug.
Awesome. Is this going to be in
also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.16.1113 +0100]:
> hotplug-ng does not renames network interfaces. But if you use udevsend
> as the hotplug multiplexer then I think that udev will rename the
> interfaces before anything else.
Will Debian do so? Otherwise ifplugd, waproamd clas
On Feb 16, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.16.1113 +0100]:
> > hotplug-ng does not renames network interfaces. But if you use udevsend
> > as the hotplug multiplexer then I think that udev will rename the
> > interfaces before anyt
On Feb 16, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... then the only problem that remains is ifplugd and renaming.
> Will hotplug-ng rename the interfaces/device nodes before calling
> the hook scripts, or is the renaming done with the
> /etc/hotplug.d/default scripts again?
hotplug-ng does n
also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.16.0153 +0100]:
> > The solution -- I think -- seems to be to call ifplugd/waproamd
> > from /etc/hotplug/net/* instead. However, that does not exist.
> How should such a directory work?
run-parts with the information in the environment?
> Do
On Feb 08, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The solution -- I think -- seems to be to call ifplugd/waproamd from
> /etc/hotplug/net/* instead. However, that does not exist.
How should such a directory work?
Do you feel it is still needed, considering that /etc/hotplug/usb/ will
not be
also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.08.1227 +0100]:
> I need to think about this and discuss this with the upstream
> maintainer. Don't hold your breath.
I won't. However, please consider elevating the priority since right
now, ifplugd and waproamd effectively disable ifrename in
On Feb 08, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could you please add support for hook scripts for the net class to
> /etc/hotplug?
I need to think about this and discuss this with the upstream
maintainer. Don't hold your breath.
--
ciao,
Marco
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ifplugd and waproamd both use /etc/hotplug.d/net/* scripts to start
themselves when a new network card becomes available. This bites if
programmes like ifrename or udev want to rename an interface:
ifplugd/waproamd ups the interface befo
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