udev: Do not rename virtual interfaces created by hostapd

mattiaswal · mattiaswal · commit e63fe45fa513 · 2025-08-25T20:20:48.000+02:00
Hostapd create virtual interfaces on top of wifi interface
these should *not* be renamed.
diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/etc/udev/rules.d/70-rename-wifi.rules b/board/common/rootfs/etc/udev/rules.d/70-rename-wifi.rules
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", TEST=="/sys/class/net/$name/wireless", NAME="wifi%n"
+# Only rename physical interfaces, skip virtual ones created by hostapd
+SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", TEST=="/sys/class/net/$name/wireless", TEST=="/sys/class/net/$name/device", KERNEL!="*_*", NAME="wifi%n"

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1 +1,2 @@`
`1`		`-SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", TEST=="/sys/class/net/$name/wireless", NAME="wifi%n"`
	`1`	`+# Only rename physical interfaces, skip virtual ones created by hostapd`
	`2`	`+SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", TEST=="/sys/class/net/$name/wireless", TEST=="/sys/class/net/$name/device", KERNEL!="_", NAME="wifi%n"`