From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: name the network device wlan%d Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:34:01 -0400 Message-ID: <20090811143401.GD2684@tuxdriver.com> References: <1250000012-25673-1-git-send-email-daniel@caiaq.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, Roel Kluin , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Daniel Mack Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:35496 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752857AbZHKQqL (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:46:11 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1250000012-25673-1-git-send-email-daniel@caiaq.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 > Cc: Roel Kluin > Cc: John W. Linville > Cc: netdev@vger.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 -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.