On 10-07-14 10:17, Tom Gundersen wrote: > The name is given by the firmware, so we assume it is predictable.
How about the scenario where one would have multiple broadcom wifi devices in the system. Both driver instances would alloc_netdev with predictable but also the same ifname. Wondering whether we should ignore the firmware ifname altogether. Regards, Arend > Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <[email protected]> > Cc: Brett Rudley <[email protected]> > Cc: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]> > Cc: "Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <[email protected]> > Cc: Hante Meuleman <[email protected]> > Cc: John Linville <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > --- > drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c > b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c > index f6990f2..8d32721 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c > @@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ static void brcmf_fweh_handle_if_event(struct brcmf_pub > *drvr, > brcmf_dbg(EVENT, "adding %s (%pM)\n", emsg->ifname, > emsg->addr); > ifp = brcmf_add_if(drvr, ifevent->bssidx, ifevent->ifidx, > - emsg->ifname, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, emsg->addr); > + emsg->ifname, NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE, > + emsg->addr); > if (IS_ERR(ifp)) > return; > brcmf_fws_add_interface(ifp); > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
