Return-path: Received: from dhost002-67.dex002.intermedia.net ([64.78.20.25]:37146 "EHLO DHOST002-67.dex002.intermedia.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932374AbXB1TWH (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:22:07 -0500 From: "Jouni Malinen" Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:21:47 -0800 To: "John W. Linville" Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Jiri Benc , Stephen Hemminger , Larry Finger , Pavel Roskin , Alex Davis , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch to allow specification of interface name prefix Message-ID: <20070228192147.GE31074@devicescape.com> References: <510326.55988.qm@web50211.mail.yahoo.com> <20070224233001.3ok4k0c00ksos4sw@webmail.spamcop.net> <45E112F7.9090908@lwfinger.net> <20070226150241.1b5b63b2@freekitty> <20070227111644.784600be@logostar.upir.cz> <43e72e890702271055sc1525ecy54870626125a7fae@mail.gmail.com> <20070228012500.GB4072@tuxdriver.com> <20070228164437.GA31074@devicescape.com> <20070228183535.GB5353@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20070228183535.GB5353@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 01:35:35PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:44:37AM -0800, Jouni Malinen wrote: > > Why would we need to change anything now? What's wrong with wlan#? > > See the earlier parts of the thread... :-) I've seen a somewhat vague comment about some sort of decision on this front, but no one seems to be able to point to any level of details on what was agreed on and if yes, when and by whom. I have seen number of discussions on the topic of what the interfaces should be named, but none of those seem to be going anywhere and I have not seen any consensus on this topic. As such, the best thing to do seems to be not to do anything, i.e., not rename wlan# to anything else. If someone claims that d80211 is changing the existing behavior, I would just like to point out that wlan# is already used in the current mainline kernel and that argument does not sound reasonable. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA