On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 01:08:49PM -0400, Bob Beers wrote: <snip> >> 1 - How can I get the driver to load automatically, and execute the >> cfg calls to create the low level device? > > Fix the driver to have it load automatically. Do you have a pointer to > the source code for it anywhere? > Hi Greg, I got the code from OneStopSystems, it is for their wanPMC-CxT1E1 card. They have a public ftp site. the file is <ftp://ftp.onestopsystems.com/WAN-PMC-C4T1E1%20driver%20linux/wanPMC_CxT1E1_Linux_3_1B.tgz>. (I don't know the proper etiquette for getting the login credentials to you. I don't think there is any problem with me sharing them with you, but I'm just not sure they should be published on the list.) >> 2 - What is the proper way to create the upper devices as hdlcX >> vs. ethX? > > The driver should do this for you. I am interested in seeing if I can make the necessary changes to the driver code to have this happen, but maybe this belongs in a different forum now? > >> I know that I can use 'ip link set dev eth4 name hdlc0' >> or something like ifrename for renaming once they're created, >> but maybe I can change something in the driver code to have >> them start out with the right interface name. > > Yes, you can, or you can write a udev rule to rename the device when it > is seen. > Since I have made a successful udev rule (thanks, Matt) to notice the card and load the driver, I think I will continue down this path for the short term. > thanks, > > greg k-h > Thanks for your help, -Bob Beers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
