LinuxQuestions.org - Remapping wlan0 to eth0

I'm using Slackware 10.1 with a 2.4.29 kernel. My USB NIC gets detected as wlan0. Running

Code:

modinfo at76c503-rfmd

gives

Code:

filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/usb/at76c503-rfmd.o

description: "Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver"

author:      "Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx>, Joerg Albert <joerg.albert@gmx.de>, Alex <alex@foogod.com>"

license:    "GPL"

parm:        netdev_name char, description "network device name (default is wlan%d)"

I can get the desired remapping with this /etc/modules.conf:

Code:

# ignore the builtin NIC (eth0)

# make sure our usb card becomes eth0 (default is wlan0)

alias tulip off

options at76c503-rfmd netdev_name=eth0

So, everything is o.k. However, I am curious as to why the following in modules.conf doesn't do the job:

Code:

alias tulip off

alias eth0 at76c503-rfmd