Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:36227 "EHLO annwn14.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933341AbXBETXm (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:23:42 -0500 From: Michael Wu To: Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] cfg80211 and nl80211 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:23:09 -0500 Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless References: <20070131013717.GA28076@tuxdriver.com> <200702051314.21627.flamingice@sourmilk.net> <1170699268.3572.39.camel@johannes.berg> In-Reply-To: <1170699268.3572.39.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2887420.o4QVh55Ead"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200702051423.13998.flamingice@sourmilk.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart2887420.o4QVh55Ead Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 05 February 2007 13:14, Johannes Berg wrote: > > I'm not sure what you mean. The program can get the configuration info = it > > needs from nl80211/cfg80211/WE and send/inject frames through the monit= or > > interface. > > Well, I guess I'm saying that wpa_supplicant shouldn't need the monitor > iface at all since it wants just management frames and we should give > those to it via netlink to avoid having to add more radiotap foo. > Yeah, a monitor interface is overkill for wpa_supplicant. We can make the=20 IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MGMT be a sort of filtered monitor interface optimized fo= r=20 userspace MLME. Or maybe add some sort of filtering configuration for monit= or=20 interfaces.. might be overkill. Anyway, netlink does not seem appropriate f= or=20 sending or receiving frames. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart2887420.o4QVh55Ead Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFx4QhT3Oqt9AH4aERAhg2AKDQLsWTfcirY/z17ZdSEyvKDNL8RACfYduQ J0eEhO2Tv1imKt33+7fi1I0= =qK5H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2887420.o4QVh55Ead-- -: To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org: More majordomo info at http: //vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html