Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation

[Svyatoslav Nikolenko]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 14:40, Greg KH wrote:
> After this patch is applied, what is the network device name?  Are you
> able to test it?

I don't have the physical rtl8723bs hardware to run a runtime ping
test or check 'ip link'. Sorry.

Based on the code path, since the driver allocates the net_device
using alloc_etherdev_mqs() (which sets the "eth%d" template),
register_netdev() will initially resolve it to eth0. From there,
standard user-space tools (udev/systemd) will take over via
predictable network interface naming and rename the interface
automatically based on system rules and hardware topology.

By removing the manual renaming, we stop fighting the core system and
let standard networking and user-space rules handle the final naming.

thanks,

svyatoslav