Re: [PATCH v7 29/33] net: brcmfmac - set name assign type

From: John W. Linville
Date: Tue Jul 15 2014 - 15:45:20 EST


I don't seem to have a line with "NET_NAME_UNKNOWN" in this driver
in any of my kernel trees. What tree are you using for development?

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:17:34AM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> The name is given by the firmware, so we assume it is predictable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Brett Rudley <brudley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: brcm80211-dev-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> 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);
> --
> 1.9.3
>
>

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