[Cbe-oss-dev] wireless at eth1

[Masakazu Mokuno]

On Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:50 +0200
Ralph Ulrich <ralph.ulrich at gmx.de> wrote:

> Within the ps3-geoff kernel 2.6.24 from january i could connect to wlan 
> with wpa enabled on device eth1. The other device eth0 keeps beeing 
> hardwired lan. This is a fine concept, because it is like any other 
> notebook out there. But with patches for the new kernel 2.6.25 i did not 
> get this anymore, the command "iwlist eth1 scan"
> says something like: "no wireless available...." with kernel 2.6.25
> 
> Is there a change in naming that formerly eth1 wireless device? Or is 
> the file "series" in your patches directory incomplete? Or do i have to 
> take also the patches after the title "For 2.6.26" (in Series) for 
> kernel 2.6.25? Is there anywhere some more documentation of the patches 
> and how to use them?

From 2.6.25, the default prefix of the PS3 wireless network interface
has been changed from 'eth%d' to 'wlan%d' to fix an issue in relation to
udev's persistent net rule.

So with replacing eth1 with wlan0 in your network configuration/commands,
it should work.

regards

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Masakazu Mokuno