package/kernel/linux/eth-naming.patch

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  13
  14 Ever chaning wlan^Wwifi^Weth interface names do not only annoy users, but
  15 also prevent reusing configuration from one machine to another.
  16
  17 Sanitze naming to alway be wlan* regardless of who wrote the driver.
  18
  19   - Rene Rebe <rene@exactcode.de>
  20
  21 --- linux-4.12/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c.vanilla      2017-07-06 14:02:56.949536458 +0200
  22 +++ linux-4.12/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c      2017-07-06 14:03:08.189536198 +0200
  23 @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
  24
  25         rtnl_lock();
  26         /* Create station interface by default */
  27 -       wdev = mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(adapter->wiphy, "mlan%d", NET_NAME_ENUM,
  28 +       wdev = mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(adapter->wiphy, "wlan%d", NET_NAME_ENUM,
  29                                         NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, NULL);
  30         if (IS_ERR(wdev)) {
  31                 mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
  32 --- linux-6.8/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/main.c.vanilla      2024-05-05 19:52:17.931742115 +0200
  33 +++ linux-6.8/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco/main.c      2024-05-05 19:52:33.644743371 +0200
  34 @@ -2274,6 +2274,7 @@
  35         dev->max_mtu = ORINOCO_MAX_MTU;
  36
  37         SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, priv->dev);
  38 +       strcpy(dev->name, "wlan%d");
  39         ret = register_netdev(dev);
  40         if (ret)
  41                 goto fail;