On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:18:12PM +0200, 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". The address may look like wired Ethernet (both are based on IEEE 802 standards), but IEEE 802.11 does not behave like IEEE 802.3. For example, one cannot send frames with a foreign source address in client mode when using IEEE 802.11 which is clearly different from wired Ethernet. IEEE 802.11 interfaces (in client mode) cannot be bridged at layer 2 in the same way as wired Ethernet interfaces could. > This patch renames them back, but I would appreciate some comment, > explanation or at least link why they actually have wlan%d there. Renames _back_? No it doesn't. Host AP driver has never used eth%d as the interface name template > Index: linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c > -static char dev_template[16] = "wlan%d"; > +static char dev_template[16] = "eth%d"; NAK. Host AP driver has been using wlan%d for close to seven years and I see no reason to change it now. This will just cause problems for users. If someone wants to rename the interface to something else, they can do it with number of different ways from user space. The kernel default should not be changed at this point. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
