linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] usbnet: use eth%d name for known ethernet devices

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Message-Id: <201103241413.54599.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:13:54 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	Steve Calfee <stevecalfee@...il.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mnazarewicz@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	Linux USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	andy.green@...aro.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	roger.quadros@...ia.com,
	Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] usbnet: use eth%d name for known ethernet devices

On Thursday 24 March 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 16:38 -0700, Steve Calfee wrote:
> > On 03/23/11 16:17, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> > >>> On Wednesday 23 March 2011 20:53:13 Michał Nazarewicz wrote:
> > >>>> I think P2P could be better.
> > >>
> > >> OTOH, I knew that PTP was point-to-point.
> > >
> > > It can be any of that, depending on context.  For me PTP is more like
> > > Picture Transport Protocol, whereas "2" between two letters is usually
> > > "to".
> > >
> > Well, my 2 cents, picture transport protocol is so obviously different 
> > than flags for network interfaces it does not cause a mental collision. 
> 
> PTP is also Precision Time Protocol, which *is* used on network
> interfaces (maybe not USB-connected interfaces though).
> 
> How about FLAG_NON_IEEE, meaning that the physical layer is not based on
> an IEEE 802.3, 802.11 or other standard physical layer.

I think that doesn't really express the meaning, since FLAG_WWAN is
presumably also not IEEE, right?

Thanks for the bike shedding everyone, I'll just use my own color then
and call it FLAG_POINTTOPOINT.

	Arnd
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