From: Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu@irc.pl>
To: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Device naming for wireless NICs...
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:36:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040311163657.GB28234@irc.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <405093A7.90209@linux.co.intel.com>
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:28:23AM -0600, James Ketrenos wrote:
> I don't mind adding a module parameter to change the default name (if that
> is the standard practice), but thought I'd see what others thing rather
> than just going off and doing something random.
This could be handled by nameif in userspace.
> Is there a technical or ease of use reason switching away from ethX? My
> thinking in keeping it eth was that it then represents a greater chance of
> "just working" with most networking scripts and utilities that may assume
> ethX is the interface name.
I personally find them broken. I had to remove checking the name from
ethtool to make it work. Ethtool checks for 'eth' or 'usb' in name,
which do not work with my e1000 renamed to 'ep0'.
--
Tomasz Torcz Only gods can safely risk perfection,
zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl it's a dangerous thing for a man. -- Alia
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-11 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-04 2:35 [PATCH 2.6] Intersil Prism54 wireless driver Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-04 2:37 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-04 2:49 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-10 3:24 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-10 7:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-10 17:21 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-10 16:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-03-10 17:21 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-10 17:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-03-10 17:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-10 17:52 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-10 17:58 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-10 23:37 ` James Ketrenos
2004-03-11 2:31 ` Jouni Malinen
2004-03-11 2:43 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-15 22:18 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-15 22:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-15 22:55 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-11 2:48 ` Jouni Malinen
2004-03-11 3:02 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-11 3:17 ` Jouni Malinen
2004-03-11 16:28 ` Device naming for wireless NICs James Ketrenos
2004-03-11 16:36 ` Tomasz Torcz [this message]
2004-03-11 16:54 ` Matthew Galgoci
2004-03-11 18:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-11 18:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-12 10:30 ` P
2004-03-10 18:07 ` [PATCH 2.6] Intersil Prism54 wireless driver Jeff Garzik
2004-03-11 2:21 ` Jouni Malinen
2004-03-10 22:17 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-03-11 18:22 Device naming for wireless NICs Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-11 19:33 ` Matthew Galgoci
2004-03-11 19:47 ` Jean Tourrilhes
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