I think a modified version will work for you If you have a wifi card that uses the orinoco_cs driver for instance, you can use alias eth0 orinoco_cs or eth1 or whatever you want it to be And use the same logic for your other nics You only run into problems if you insert multiple nics that use the same driver where you want different configs (for that you have to look into profiles). For example, I also have an alias eth1 orinoco_cs in my /etc/modules.conf .. so if I use ANY wifi card that uses the orinoco_cs driver, it will be eth1. A second matching wifi card would then be eth2 and so on (but realistically most users wouldn't have more than two or three nics) Tom Ball (Tom.Ball@xxxxxxx) wrote: > >That won't work for my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100), because only my wifi >pcmcia nic card is built-in -- the 3c59x card is in the docking >station. Still, what you suggest should work for many other laptops. > >Tom > >On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 09:42, Brian Johnson wrote: >> I use alias eth0 3c59x in /etc/modules.conf to force my laptop builtin nic to be >> eth0 even when not connected to the LAN >> >> That way any pcmcia nic cards (including my wifi) come up starting at eth1 >> >> >> >> Tom Ball (Tom.Ball@xxxxxxx) wrote: >> > >> >Is there a way to assign a specific module to eth devices in the ip link >> >table? On my laptop, something is calling "ip link" or its equivalent >> >when the busses are scanned for my wireless card (pcmcia) and docking >> >station ethernet (PCI). The problem is that when I boot docked the PCI >> >buss is scanned first so the ethernet driver gets assigned eth0, while >> >when booted standalone the wireless gets eth0 because there's no PCI >> >buss. RedHat's network package requires device aliases in >> >/etc/modules.conf, so half the time networking fails due to mismatched >> >cards and devices. >> > >> >I've hacked this by rmmod'ing both drivers after buss scanning and >> >before pcmcia is loaded, so that ifup reloads them in the right order. >> >Is there a better way to enforce which card/driver gets assigned to >> >eth0? Perhaps a way to suppress a module from being loaded when its bus >> >is being scanned? Or a way for network drivers to not be installed in >> >the ip link table when loaded? >> > >> >Tom >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Brian Johnson >> * This is where my witty signature line would be if I bothered to edit this line :) * >> >> > > > -- Brian Johnson * This is where my witty signature line would be if I bothered to edit this line :) * -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
