changing pcmcia device interfaces

[matt zagrabelny <z@saturnsys.com>]

hello,

i have a wireless pcmcia card for my laptop (everything works just
fine), i would like to use the interface wlan0 instead of eth1.

i have (of course) tried aliasing the module with wlan0 in
/etc/modutils/aliases (and running update-modules) and i have poked
around /etc/pcmcia but have not really found anything that works.

i have read (somewhere) that the module dictates the naming prefix (eth
or wlan). is this true?

the wireless card is an SMC 2632W Version 2
and i am using the pcmf502r module from the
atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net site.
also here is the modinfo output for that module:

zero:/etc/pcmcia# modinfo pcmf502r
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.21/pcmcia/pcmf502r.o
description: <none>
author:      <none>
license:     "GPL"
parm:        pc_debug int
parm:        irq_mask int
parm:        irq_list int array (min = 1, max = 4)
parm:        mtu int
parm:        eth int
parm:        channel int
parm:        TxRate int
parm:        RadioOn int
parm:        RTSThreshold int
parm:        FragThreshold int
parm:        OpMode int
parm:        ESSID char
parm:        WepKeyToUse int
parm:        WepKey1 char
parm:        WepKey2 char
parm:        WepKey3 char
parm:        WepKey4 char
parm:        WepMode int
parm:        EncryptionLevel int
parm:        AuthenticationType int
parm:        PreambleType int
parm:        PwrMgmtMode int
parm:        BeaconPeriod int
 

thanks for the help.

-matt zagrabelny