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

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:36:25PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Stuart Lynne ([e-mail]) said: 
> > So not being able to reliable map ethernet devices to names is a feature
> > not a bug .... 
> 
> With reasonable scriptage and 'nameif', it's doable. Only for
> ethernet at the moment, however (and I haven't actually implementing
> something that does this.)  But it *is* doable.

With only adding one line to the current linux-hotplug scripts, a
co-worker of mine enabled reliable mapping that isn't dependent on pci
scanning, or hotplugging of pci cards.  He used nameif and a table of
MAC addresses that map to the name he wanted.

greg k-h