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From: "Dan E" <trg_info@mailhaven.com>
To: "Johannes Berg" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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Subject: Re: Userspace tools: Roadmap?
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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:01:41 -0500
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:51:43 +0100, "Johannes Berg"
<johannes@sipsolutions.net> said:
> On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 19:43 -0500, Dan E wrote:
> 
> > When I reboot, modprobe the driver, and do 'iwconfig wlan0 channel 9
> > commit' the .config callback does run.  If I leave off the 'commit' it
> > does not.  
> 
> Strange. But .start also runs, right? Something must be turning up the
> interface.

Eh, no you are right.  It doesn't run.  iwconfig was giving me an error
message that I mistook for one of my callback printk debugging calls.  I
jumped to the wrong conclusion.

> > I'm trying to validate as many callbacks as I can before
> > moving on to the next step, enabling the interface.
> > 
> > An additional question, if I may... Is wlan0 considered a "virtual
> > interface" or does that term only apply to additional interfaces created
> > with iw?  The whole vif thing has me a little confused.
> 
> Yes, wlan0 is a virtual interface too, the first one.

So I should expect the callbacks (e.g. .add_interface and
.remove_interface) when wlan0 gets created?

I cannot thank you enough for your help here.  I'm finally starting to
feel like I can get beyond a few mental blocks I've had regarding the
underlying framework, and start concentrating on the real driver
workings.

--
Dan

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