netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/6] d80211: don't display name of invisible network device

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:00:12 +0100
From:	"Jan Kiszka" <jan.kiszka@...glemail.com>
To:	"Johannes Berg" <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	"Jiri Benc" <jbenc@...e.cz>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] d80211: don't display name of invisible network device

2007/1/30, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>:
> On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 18:48 +0100, Jiri Benc wrote:
> > Invisible master interface does not have meaningful name. Display the wiphy
> > identifier in kernel messages instead.
> >
> > Also, remove the allocation of master interface name as it is purposeless
> > now.
>
> If the master netdev no longer has a name, how can you still use `tc' on
> it?

I hope you can't, because that was recently proven to be able to
subtly break the stack:

http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg29219.html

Jan
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