[arch-dev-public] adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.conf

[Damir Perisa]

Friday 21 December 2007, Aaron Griffin wrote:
 | On Dec 21, 2007 3:00 AM, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa at solnet.ch> 
wrote:
 | > hi devs,
 | >
 | > i just got surprised by this post-install message:
 | >
 | > (2/2) installing ndiswrapper
 | > [##################################################] 100%
 | > adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.conf ...
 | >
 | > on what logic is ndiswrapper adding wlan0 to be ndiswrapper?
 | > this should not be. you cannot assume that the user wants wlan0
 | > to be a ndiswrapper device. it may (as in my case) be wlan1
 | > because wlan1 is the internal wireless device (intel 4965). let
 | > the user configure things like this by himself, no?
 |
 | File a bug report?

i'm not using ndiswrapper myself, just had to try it once. i'm not 
sure enough if this should not be like this to file a bug. rather i 
wanted to hear from other devs who do use it if this is normal 
(wanted) behaviour. i think it isn't.

- D

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