Bug#340487: madwifi-source: Missing step on mapping eth1 to ath_pci

[Kel Modderman]

Bill Wohler wrote:

>Package: madwifi-source
>Version: 0.svn20051110-1
>Severity: normal
>
>Thanks for packaging madwifi.
>
>/usr/share/doc/madwifi-source/README.Debian is missing a step. If I
>create an /etc/network/interfaces stanza of
>
>    iface eth1 inet dhcp
>	    wireless_essid my-SSID
>	    wireless_key mh-key 
>
>and run "ifup eth1", I get:
>
>    Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>	SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
>
>Can you either describe how you map eth1 to the ath_pci module in your
>README, or could you create an /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi file that
>contains the appropriate aliases (or whatever is necessary to make this
>happen automatically)? 
>
>For some reason, adding "alias eth1 ath_pci" to /etc/modprobe.d/local
>isn't working for me...
>  
>
Hi Bill,

The README would better use ath0 as an example instead of eth1. eth1 was 
only meant to be an example of usage, which is well documented in "man 
interfaces". So I'll fix that oversight, thanks.

"ifrename"; install it, read up on it. That is the tool that can 
reliably map interfaces to permanent aliases by mac adress (and other 
identifiers).

Thanks, Kel.