[driverloader] DriverLoaderNetDevName= lost on upgrade

[Marc Boucher]

Max,

Although I thought this could have worked in theory, in practice it 
probably won't because the device name is needed to create the adapter 
before initialization and therefore before the mac address (= name of 
file under static/ directory) is known. So doing what you want will 
require some additional changes.

Marc

On Aug 3, 2004, at 7:00 AM, Marc Boucher wrote:

>
> Hi Max,
>
> Try adding the DriverLoaderNetDevName= to each adapter specific 
> configuration file under /etc/driverloader/static/
>
> Marc
>
> On Aug 2, 2004, at 9:55 PM, Max wrote:
>
>> Jonathan,
>>
>> Thank you for the explanation. But I asked about slightly different 
>> thing.
>>
>> Suppose that driverloader devices are all set up and are assigned 
>> some interfaces.
>> The interfaces might have totally different names and even not 
>> contain any digit (e.g. `wlan' or `snet').
>> Once set, the interfaces names are stored in /etc/driverloader/config 
>> files in DriverLoaderNetDevName= parameters and well survive reboots 
>> etc.
>>
>> But on driverloader version upgrade the interface names become lost, 
>> and reverted to default (either `ethX', or NetDevName as you 
>> described).
>> So I ask if it possible for the driverloader installation to preserve 
>> existing DriverLoaderNetDevName= parameters as it does with many 
>> others.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Max
>>
>> Linuxant Support (Jonathan) wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> the '%d' in the NetDevName is replaced by a number. This number 
>>> starts at 0 and is increased if the wireless interface name 
>>> generated is already in use.
>>> For example, if the NetDevName is set to 'wlan%d' and you have 
>>> already a wireless interface named 'wlan0' which is not driven by 
>>> DriverLoader, when you will insert the DriverLoader module in your 
>>> kernel, both 'wlan1' and 'wlan2' will be created.
>>> Regards,
>>> Jonathan
>>> Technical specialist / Linuxant
>>> www.linuxant.com
>>> support at linuxant.com
>>> Le 1 Août 2004 13:51, Max a écrit :
>>>> Marc,
>>>>
>>>> What if there are two wireless adapters with assigned interfaces, 
>>>> say,
>>>> wlan1 and wlan2 ?
>>>>
>>>> Max
>>>>
>>>> Marc Boucher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Max,
>>>>>
>>>>> try saving the desired permanent DriverLoaderNetDevName parameter 
>>>>> value
>>>>> in a new file called  /etc/driverloader/static/netdevnameformat
>>>>>
>>>>> From the shell, you can do "echo 'NNN%d' >
>>>>> /etc/driverloader/static/netdevnameformat"
>>>>> (replace NNN with the desired interface name prefix)
>>>>>
>>>>> The contents of /etc/driverloader/static/ should be preserved 
>>>>> across
>>>>> upgrades.
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marc Boucher
>>>>> Linuxant inc.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 29, 2004, at 5:45 PM, Max wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On each driverloader version upgrade DriverLoaderNetDevName= 
>>>>>> parameter
>>>>>> disappears from /etc/driverloader/config/ files.
>>>>>> Each time I'm forced to restore it manually. Is it possible for
>>>>>> driverloader installation to preserve current 
>>>>>> DriverLoaderNetDevName=
>>>>>> parameter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. I'm using .deb distribution, and install it with dpkg -i
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Max
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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