Re: [PATCH 15/16] use-regular-eth-suffix.diff

Kyle Moffett
2007-04-01T18:43:22Z

On Apr 01, 2007, at 14:18:12, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 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.

NACK. This has the potential to significantly break backwards-
compatibility for users of those cards who are not using udev to
maintain consistent device naming (because they only have a single
card, for example). I would recommend against applying it for that
reason.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett