Todd Zullinger wrote: >> So maybe I have to write my own service or I modify the modprobe >> entry such that a script is started in the background that waits for >> the filesystem to be mounted read-write and then starts the daemon. > > You could use this simple init script as a basis for an ipw3945d > service: > > http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/rpms/ipw3945d/ipw3945d.init Thanks for that but I don't want to add a new service for that. This is because I think the daemon should always be started and stopped together with the kernel module. So I found the following solution. It is quite ugly but works well and only requires to add a new file. Create a new file /etc/modprobe.d/ipw3945.conf with the following content: alias eth1 ipw3945 install ipw3945 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 && \ { \ while [ -e /var/run/ipw3945d.pid ]; do \ rm /var/run/ipw3945d.pid; \ sleep 1; \ done; \ until [ -e /var/run/ipw3945d.pid ]; do \ /sbin/ipw3945d --quiet; \ sleep 1; \ done; \ } & remove ipw3945 /sbin/ipw3945d --kill; \ /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ipw3945 The simple idea behind this to start a background process when the module gets loaded and repeatedly try to start the daemon until this succeeds. Joachim
