[Madwifi-devel] Re: [Madwifi-users] Interface names for Atheros driver

[Sam L. <sa...@er...>]

> Would it be possible in a later version to officially change the interface
> names assigned by the Atheros drivers from ath# to eth#?  The network
> configuration programs of some Linux distributions (most notably Red Hat
> Linux) cannot handle network interfaces properly unless they are name
> eth#.

Really?  I thought an alias in modules.conf deal with this?  Can you give a 
specific example?

It's not just changing one string; it's a fair amount of work (e.g. /proc 
names, documentation).  Sigh.

	Sam