Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:39709 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755089AbXHBMpY (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:45:24 -0400 Subject: RE: [ipw3945-devel] chaning mode only when interface down? From: Johannes Berg To: "Winkler, Tomas" Cc: dragoran , Dan Williams , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, network manager , ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-plj5/w6ER6iCR3FW9S9v" Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:46:43 +0200 Message-Id: <1186058803.24230.42.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-plj5/w6ER6iCR3FW9S9v Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 15:41 +0300, Winkler, Tomas wrote: > I'm really not an expert on the configuration but I think at least the > transition from STA to IBSS mode and back should be smooth without > reloading the driver. What you do if the driver is compiled to kernel > will we reboot? Oh you don't have to reload the driver, you only have to down the interface. If you have to reload it that's a driver bug, but the fact that you have to down the interface is a mac80211 "limitation" johannes --=-plj5/w6ER6iCR3FW9S9v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBGsdIz/ETPhpq3jKURAkMdAKCdctUIcueYVRde6kF1bABAFZyBSACeLuMj q2RWeGu3Scl5F4rTiSnddNU= =HD77 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-plj5/w6ER6iCR3FW9S9v--