linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/16] use-regular-eth-suffix.diff

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Date:	Sun, 1 Apr 2007 20:18:12 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@...hut.fi>,
	Jeroen Vreeken <pe1rxq@...at.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: [PATCH 15/16] use-regular-eth-suffix.diff


Some radio adapter drivers wrongly(?) name their devices "wlan%d"
instead of "eth%d" (if you ask me, it should be %u - but not today).

Technically, they operate like Ethernet, and in fact, running
`/sbin/ip a` shows "link/ether" instead of "link/ieee80211".
This patch renames them back, but I would appreciate some comment,
explanation or at least link why they actually have wlan%d there.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@....de>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@...hut.fi> (hostap)
Cc: Jeroen Vreeken <pe1rxq@...at.org> (zd1201)

 hostap/hostap_hw.c |    4 ++--
 zd1201.c           |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc5.orig/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ static int dtim_period[MAX_PARM_DEVICES]
 module_param_array(dtim_period, int, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dtim_period, "DTIM period");
 
-static char dev_template[16] = "wlan%d";
+static char dev_template[16] = "eth%d";
 module_param_string(dev_template, dev_template, sizeof(dev_template), 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev_template, "Prefix for network device name (default: "
-		 "wlan%d)");
+		 "eth%d)");
 
 #ifdef final_version
 #define EXTRA_EVENTS_WTERR 0
Index: linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc5.orig/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ static int zd1201_probe(struct usb_inter
 	zd->dev->tx_timeout = zd1201_tx_timeout;
 	zd->dev->set_multicast_list = zd1201_set_multicast;
 	zd->dev->set_mac_address = zd1201_set_mac_address;
-	strcpy(zd->dev->name, "wlan%d");
+	strcpy(zd->dev->name, "eth%d");
 
 	err = zd1201_getconfig(zd, ZD1201_RID_CNFOWNMACADDR, 
 	    zd->dev->dev_addr, zd->dev->addr_len);
#<EOF>
-
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