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Johannes Berg wrote:

>> I think netlink is fine if it is used for injection too (at least of
>> management frames and WPA stuff).
> 
> I don't disagree. I'd even say that having both injection interfaces is
> fine since they really cover different use cases.

What are these different usage cases such that you need to maintain the
two different ways of doing it?

-Andy