Return-path: Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:39186 "EHLO mail.suse.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751403AbXFVNPQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:15:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:15:14 +0200 From: Jiri Benc To: Joerg Pommnitz Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface Message-ID: <20070622151514.028a644d@griffin.suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <200268.51153.qm@web51411.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <200268.51153.qm@web51411.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Please always use "reply to all" when replying to mails from Linux mailing lists. On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:50:32 -0700 (PDT), Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > Regarding user-space MLME and special interfaces: > mac80211 allows for multiple virtual interfaces on top of one physical NIC, right? Yes. > Can one run multiple MLME (e.g. hostapd) instances to run multiple virtual master mode interfaces > for different networks? With different BSSID? I don't think that would be ever possible when using monitor interfaces. On the other hand, it doesn't make much sense to support that. The interfaces are not completely independent, e.g. you cannot tune to different channels on different virtual interfaces. Therefore, at least a minimal knowledge about virtual interfaces would be needed in more complicated user space MLMEs. Jiri -- Jiri Benc SUSE Labs