On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 21:36 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 04:50:27PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > > Debian is a distribution which tries to provide good software, implying > > changes if necessary. Wireless interfaces should be called wlan%d, not > > eth%d, and upstream doesn't want to change because "There are fewer > > compatability issues with existing distributions by defaulting to eth%d > > vs. wlan%d." [1] > > And all upstream drivers do use eth%d. Wrong. - the orinoco drivers use eth - the hostap drivers use wlan - madwifi uses ath - at76c503 uses wlan ... It seems that every driver uses its own scheme. It's a mess. Fortunately, some drivers give you an option to change it. > > I'll encourage Debian kernel maintainers to make the adequate changes. > > No, it's a totally arbitrary and pointless change. It isn't pointless, but it is certainly better to convince upstream and have a quasi standard. And I propose to use wlan%d for all WLAN devices, because it simplifies a lot. See my other mail for reasons. Greetings, Oliver
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