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

[Kyle Moffett]

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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