Re: [PATCH 15/16] use-regular-eth-suffix.diff
From: Kyle Moffett
Date: Sun Apr 01 2007 - 14:43:37 EST
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
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