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Date:      Thu, 7 Jun 2018 14:57:15 +0200
From:      Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: RFC: Create a default wlan for wireless NICs
Message-ID:  <20180607125715.GK46700@e.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokWhn-JZfd4LgfKTMBFMNV9ZjiW_JcZoGTTy-P8LE-pLQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <6686653.ooTk0CQ0bF@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20180527195553.GA48909@ymer.vnode.se> <CAJ-VmokWhn-JZfd4LgfKTMBFMNV9ZjiW_JcZoGTTy-P8LE-pLQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 07:28:44PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Lol. :-)
> 
> The main change here is people having to unlearn wlanX being the device and
> things are now named dependent on your hardware type.
> 
> I mean, ok ok it could just be like freebsd-4 or whatever, pre-vap support.
> :-)
> 
> (do it!)

The problem I see is that a couple of tools / scripts in ports do expect
a "wlan0" device to be the first wireless device and will stop working
after the change.



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