Re: [Ieee80211-devel] eth0 vs. wlan0 [was Re: ieee80211 patches]

[Pavel M. <pa...@uc...>]

Hi!

> > Fact is, couple of thousands use IPW2200, therefore ethX. I don't want to
> > see all those users lost by the fact that something really cosmetic was
> > changed. Yes, wlan0 sounds more "organized" but we should just keep having
> > what we have seen all the time.
> 
> ipw2200 is not the only driver that will be using IEEE 802.11 net
> stack and many of the other drivers have not use ethX interface names..
> As has been mentioned number of times before when the question on
> interface names has come up on various mailing lists, the interface name
> can be renamed in user space (e.g., with ifrename) if someone feels
> really strongly on the having to be something else.

As I tried to explain, it is not only interface name. It is also stuff
like "does ifconfig show number of ethernet frames, or number of wifi
frames received?", and no, you can't change that using ifrename.

								Pavel
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