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

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Message-ID: <20090811143401.GD2684@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:34:01 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de>
Cc:	libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org,
	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: name the network device wlan%d

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?

John
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