Bug#414557: fails to create ath1 if ath0 is not present

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Kel Modderman wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:11:40 am Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > Package: madwifi-tools
> > > Version: 1:0.9.2+dfsg-1
> > > Severity: normal
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if that's a problem with madwifi-tools or the kernel
> > > driver.  FWIW, I using version 0.9.2+r1842.20061207-2 of the kernel
> > > driver.
> > >
> > > 	root at cepheus:~# ifconfig -a | grep ath
> > > 	root at cepheus:~# wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
> > > 	ath1
> > > 	root at cepheus:~# ifconfig -a | grep ath
> > > 	ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > >
> > > So ath0 is created instead of ath1.  This happens to jumble ifupdown.
> > 
> > I think this may be udev rules, check:
> > 
> > /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
> > 
> > for rules with athX.
> Currently I have:
> 
> 	# PCI device 0x168c:0x0013 (ath_pci)
> 	SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:11:95:bb:42:d6", ATTRS{type}=="1", NAME="ath0"
> 
> 	# PCI device 0x168c:0x0013 (ath_pci)
> 	SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="06:11:95:bb:42:d6", ATTRS{type}=="1", NAME="ath1"
> 
> 	# PCI device 0x168c:0x0013 (ath_pci)
> 	SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="0a:11:95:bb:42:d6", ATTRS{type}=="1", NAME="ath2"
> 
> 	# PCI device 0x168c:0x0013 (ath_pci)
> 	SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:04:0e:c4:82:3b", ATTRS{type}=="1", NAME="ath3"
> 
> But I cannot do further tests now, because I currently access the
> machine via this device.  For now I cannot even say if these lines where
> already there when I reported the bug.
> 
> If your guess is right, do you have a suggestion how to fix the problem?
> Is it an udev bug?
> 
> I will look into this issue later when I have physical access to the
> machine again.  Thanks for now.
OK, finally I found the time to look into this issue again, sorry that
it took so long.

udevmonitor reports:

	UEVENT[1195591531.029634] add@/class/net/ath1
	UDEV  [1195591531.030523] add@/class/net/ath0

That is your guess that udev is involved is correct.

Best regards
Uwe

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