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

Josh Wyatt
2001-08-07T23:06:19Z

Tim Jansen wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 07 August 2001 23:46, Mark Atwood wrote:
> > Userspace init scripts point the finger at kernel, saying "there is no
> > good and no well documented mapping method". Kernel points its finger
> > at userspace, saying "this is the way we do it" and "we cant guarantee
> > a perfect 100% mapping solution, so we're not even going to try for
> > 90%" and "futz with your drivers and modules.conf and init scripts
> > till you get something that works".
>
> I'm working on one a possible solution, the Device Registry
> (www.tjansen.de/devreg). It solves this problem by assigning device ids to
> physical devices. This allows you to identify a physical device, even after
> you changed tge port.

Sounds interestingly like the solaris solution to the problem,
/etc/path_to_inst.
Thanks,
Josh