[Voyage-linux] Minor changes of voyage-0.7.0 and some questions

[Beat Meier]

Hello

Some comments about voyage-0.7.0

1.
/etc/modprobe.d/hostap-utils should be renamed to
/etc/modprobe.d/hostap-utils.conf
to prevent messages like
  WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi, it will
be ignored in a future release.
  WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/hostap-utils, it
will be ignored in a future release.
by inserting a module with
  modprobe ath_pci
and of course to be prepared for the future...

2.
/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi should be rename to /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi.conf
or removed if current /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi.conf should be active file
but I think
/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi is the right file (so it should be renamed)
Same reasons as above :-)

Now my Questions:

1.
With which modules initrd was built?
There are no modules in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules :-(
Would be nice to insert all used modules of orig initrd of voyage

2.
I have read a lot of the problem of renaming eth0 to eth1 etc. if you
put a cfcard in an other board
because the creation of
  /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
but have not found a solution to disable it.
I think this should be disabled on an system like voyage which will be
used mostly on embedded systems
(as the homepages already defines voyage :-))

3.
hwclock does not work anymore nor an alix nor on wrap boards so time is
always wrong
after power loss :-(

root at voyage:~# hwclock
Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access
method.

What is the clue? Is this also in 0.6 a problem or only with new kernel
in 0.7?

4.
How can I detect if I'm on wrap or alix board?
In voyage-0.5 I could insert module geodewdt and if it was loaded I knew
that i'm on alix
if not on wrap (for my case of coures working only with this 2 boards)
With this I could modify at startup /etc/voyage.conf and put
VOYAGE_PROFILE=ALIX
or
VOYAGE_PROFILE=wrap
And so to some wrap/alix spefici stuff at boot up.
So I can interchange alix/wrap borads in case of failure of an AP with
voyage running which is really nice
Anybody using such en enviroment in voyage > 0.5?


Ok I admit a lot of question ;-) but I'm still using 0.5.2 and really
want to go as soon to 0.7


Greetings and thanks

Beat