Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:42861 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750753AbYJGSST (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:18:19 -0400 Subject: Re: wpa supplicant interface up delay From: Johannes Berg To: linux-wireless Cc: Jouni Malinen , Dan Williams In-Reply-To: <1223403361.7328.71.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081007_201608_134402_34146830) References: <1223403361.7328.71.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081007_201608_134402_34146830) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-nmH6A/qu1xojA0v6lQnm" Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:18:18 +0200 Message-Id: <1223403498.7328.73.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081007_201821_469015_0DD8273B) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-nmH6A/qu1xojA0v6lQnm Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 20:16 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > * Wait some time to allow driver to initialize before > * starting configuring the driver. This seems to= be =20 > * needed at least some drivers that load firmwar= e etc. > * when the interface is set up. >=20 > which drivers are those, and why can't we fix the drivers instead? This > seems like a bug in the drivers that they return from their open > callback prematurely. In any case, this delay should certainly be removed from the nl80211 driver; when porting drivers to the new APIs we can make sure this is done correctly. johannes --=-nmH6A/qu1xojA0v6lQnm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJI66fnAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYFt0P/1Y4Bz5/w4KUc6a8dwKu4A1u 0RkrWlJliU+Ps0LZT+Q1EyVKhWjrhQHn0RfqmBfVgDiJr86a48H0U4c/jVeESwvl 88y4RB+2gzWAWKLuMRz1CvR/8lJuwGKXBQS3dC0fkhQLzzKn4zKZhYEz649x+CXM u7hxAejjPx3M3Z264j78XX+9cvSb+yocq75IxEA7IkvUA3ZSCBBHICKon6fdTQ2m pTO4GOelVt01HbKZyO+axn5CIL5aFfIVAXcyciZ1pLIFYlAj5U1SrOMB03xQXl2u vYGPrBGGirIrG+IlpQYVVJ6BzQjbsS3rT44a0iNjnZYV2MTh0U5pAKaqgZn16Bga 1uyysPpqOpUQa2je9TJZeTbvuh2UCYjECBuuJHpIXxHLL5IvtqvdpX6QcPLjnVmH CZg2dOtX+6hfbh3qZkf4isAGiQ5D+LKoW8zqJ1l+ocGWgCfBWCxYlss/+zMfDmNN b4C3+/69HFj7RYtF6i1AkaFx+Nzc66lvD6J2wRGCPZiiXFAK67dyTfoXAH06QeZr sbTJV3wbxHtOz3QM2Mbb/ZAhfsSSJy3lz+8C7HyXVqVs/JB+39X+2vlR06oBvLBI A8MpKWXJbFhcWqI5fliHpC+XUNXkD10o6g1NSyYK48KbvsDyvOg5plcn05MC/osf j66Yisl5oWSum63CdZzl =4F58 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-nmH6A/qu1xojA0v6lQnm--