netdev - Re: [PATCH] libertas: name the network device wlan%d

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:31:02 -0500
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de>, libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org,
	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dsd@...top.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: name the network device wlan%d

On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 10:34 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 04:13:32PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote:
> > Devices created by the libertas driver are currently called eth%d. Which
> > is wrong, because the device does not at all have anything to do with
> > Ethernet. And it is also confusing when used on devices with more than
> > one network device.
> > 
> > Fix this by calling it wlan%d.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de>
> > Cc: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> > Cc: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> 
> I'm fine with changing it, but it isn't really wrong either -- it's
> just a name, and afterall in most cases all the user will see is
> ethernet frames.
> 
> Comments from the libertas driver crew?

I don't care either way, it's completely historical.  Most of the
fullmac drivers used 'eth' back when.  Might want to get buy-in from the
OLPC crew since they probably have the most deployed units using
libertas (cc-ed Daniel Drake).

Daniel, is it a problem for you guys if the libertas wifi interface name
went from 'eth' -> 'wlan' ?  Mesh name would be unchanged.

Dan


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