Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:54887 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756104AbXI2MxL (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:53:11 -0400 Subject: Re: userspace mlme configuration (was: Kernelspace --> Userspace MLME move and related items) From: Johannes Berg To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Jouni Malinen , Michael Wu , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless In-Reply-To: <1191068858.22960.75.camel@johannes.berg> References: <43e72e890709281725n6a8ffe0bq487f32796a7e1cf2@mail.gmail.com> <1191066581.22960.55.camel@johannes.berg> <1191068858.22960.75.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-j5hIrt0pjz2rNGHCGKaL" Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:54:30 +0200 Message-Id: <1191070470.22960.80.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-j5hIrt0pjz2rNGHCGKaL Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 14:27 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > 1) it is transparent > 2) it helps us define the interfaces > 3) it is UMLME-agnostic > 4) it can support wext 5) There is no discovery issue It is always clear which userspace MLME to talk to since it has to register with the kernel anyway and it can be looked up by the network interface. With alternatives two and three, userspace must somehow be able to implement discovery to find the right netlink address/socket/... to talk to for a certain network interface. johannes --=-j5hIrt0pjz2rNGHCGKaL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUARv5LBKVg1VMiehFYAQKAWA/6AwO3O5+PBA3nIWP2USEBSZpX3ucOmefa V0khzHjCYiv+cS/MG0WXGPmrjfwzsKhnBagA0solbWwZrBWMzrNRQ8L9y+r80wuC SAFYPPBblHJVkUZIcSaZdHRv7K0SR4lLvBkMH9lw02LsWxLJX+4RzUZI9pBmLgPx K4kxmWqGk35ZTEyxuEisU4eOegKIOPw6RmtEvhdW+/AMVRu0qfdSsyMtIxRPMKXh ImM16ZBLpL4pufBdZuRpQvfbsMzSytDpHj+5MhVkfkOGt+B5iQa5n0R8A457GWwF SdTZsW4PkjVAXlArqAyDTVPX9EXzojFNeib8QWFzuzf3vNH0VTItYD1mjz9NxYFt Sc/WhFR/xWNESkjeb5RUTVkOxFKdUcDTjeeTvxqfaLroEnk5HKT200w5lcIAq+S1 sPevBoK89mZjoWTGGOSxJf4D4OdLp4GAjuWc/BPSVplMnuPDh1iKOdJ05P85s65+ aLMccV/nisdigCYIGuOotfimRL/ss8EXtM9sAq/0bZDNl/SLVbPm8zZrA599YiyX lJ1UUAtX798UDj1Ds4Amo0zNZvh+725UXPde5ziab+7oiR0KKbim0tb2XTysWJiD /Ccj/Z4cYlfxH23A/77plZ/xQDOt4iPseGXtANe3hCeUX0iffzfURcbtlBGvlSxX ypWy+ZI2TuE= =+X7L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-j5hIrt0pjz2rNGHCGKaL--