Subject: Re: Device naming for wireless NICs...

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:30:49 +0000

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> James Ketrenos wrote:
> 
> Like Matthew said, any code that assumes a specific interface prefix, be 
> it eth%d or wlan%d, is buggy.  Users are allowed to choose random 
> interface names for their interfaces, often via nameif(8) program.  My 
> own ethtool program is broken in this regard...

My trivial patch fixes that.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=780937&group_id=3242&atid=303242

Just wondering about the release schedule for ethtool?

Pádraig.