Re: How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work?

[Mark Atwood]

Riley Williams <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
>     At the moment, you are required to group these by whether the
>     interface is static or hotplug, configuring all static interfaces
>     before any of the hotplug ones. This therefore reduces to being
>     either case (2) or (3) followed by case (4), and should be dealt
>     with accordingly.
> 
> As a result, the ONLY time I can see any problem occurring is when
> there are multiple hotplug interfaces to deal with (case (4) above),
> and this is acknowledged to be a case where some of the issues have
> not yet been fully ironed out.
> 
> Can you agree with this analysis, or have I overlooked something?

That is, yes indeed, pretty much the proper analysis, and my
situtation. My case can be summarized as one static interface,
followed by two (and if we can get the firewire stuff working, soon
potentially to be more) dynamic interfaces.

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