From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: don't use master netdev name
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:40:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1244562044.3068.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1244558970.4672.26.camel@johannes.local>
Hi Johannes,
> > > Always use the wiphy name instead.
> >
> > No objections against the patch.
> >
> > Maybe we could use wiphy names for the network devices? That is,
> > wmaster0 would become phy0 and so on. Using two names for the same
> > thing is confusing. What's better is that we won't have wmaster0
> > corresponding to phy1 after the driver is reloaded. We'll have "phy1"
> > in both namespaces.
> >
> > I wish we could hide those master devices using some "hidden network
> > device" attribute, but it's not happening.
>
> Actually, the reason I'm posting this patch is that I'm killing the
> mdev.
/me making a happy dance ;)
Regards
Marcel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-09 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-09 14:18 [PATCH] mac80211: don't use master netdev name Johannes Berg
2009-06-09 14:47 ` Pavel Roskin
2009-06-09 14:49 ` Johannes Berg
2009-06-09 14:53 ` Pavel Roskin
2009-06-09 15:40 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
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