Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com ([209.85.214.181]:47598 "EHLO mail-ob0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751639Ab3KBAEa (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Nov 2013 20:04:30 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f181.google.com with SMTP id wp4so5139233obc.26 for ; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from larrylap.lan (cpe-75-81-36-251.kc.res.rr.com. [75.81.36.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id d8sm20399768oeu.6.2013.11.01.17.04.29 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5274418B.6040704@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20131102_010446_076546_C9C7F3FA) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:04:27 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless Subject: Interaction with new naming scheme for wireless devices Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: When I allow the system to name wifi devices using the new-style names like wlp0s2f1u, it is not possible to make a connection after unloading and reloading the driver. A reboot is necessary. If I modify /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to force the name to be wlanX, I can reconnect again after a unload/reload cycle. Has anyone seen this behavior? Any suggestions? Larry