Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: No echo TX pkt to Monitor  interfaces for injection
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:43:32 +0200
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On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 11:34 +0100, Andy Green wrote:

> I also think it makes no sense to have a dependency on what Monitor mode
> provides based on the other virtual interfaces, unless the hardware
> cannot live up to the various demands at the same time.  (What hardware
> has this problem that it can't run a Managed interface with hardware
> promisc Rx?)

That's exactly the point though. Some hardware cannot do it and that's
why it exists. Not sure what hardware, probably Intel stuff with their
great firmware...

> Well it has leaked out of that raison d'etre and oozed into being what
> you get on any secondary virtual interface in Monitor mode.

I don't think you get that with bcm43xx since that allows
monitor_during_oper. I'm guessing that zd1211 should also support it but
just doesn't set the flag.

johannes

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