Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:06:39 -0500
From: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de>, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
       netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wireless: recap of current issues (configuration)
Message-ID: <20060116000639.GC20344@DRD1812>
Reply-To: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
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On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 11:39:41AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
> The big stumbling block I found to going with virtual devices is that it=
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> affects user apps.  I looked at doing things like auto-create a station=
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> device for backwards compatibility but decided against it.  If you=20
> really want this behaviour it can be done by user code.

Right, no reason not to just put this into a hotplug script, is there?
Is it, when it comes down to it, significantly different than automating
firmware loads for the user?

-m

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