* Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > (eth0 is ethernet, eth1 doesn't exist -- usually it's the wireless.)
> > 
> > `ifconfig` doesn't see eth1 or wlan0_rename.
> > 
> > What else might I be doing wrong?
> 
> I don't know. Try ifconfig -a Or tell udev to not crap up your device 
> names.
> 
> > Regardless, perhaps scheduling bcm43xx for removal in 2.6.26 is a 
> > bit premature.
> 
> Oh come on. b43 is more than a year old now. How long should we wait? 
> Two or three? Forever?

possibly forever, if you dont get obvious regressions like "my wlan does 
not work" (reported in this very thread), resolved. Pushing the blame to 
udev (in a rather unfriendly way) wont give users a working system and 
wont get you many new testers for the new driver either.

        Ingo
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