Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:58559 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753041AbZCKMkX (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:40:23 -0400 Subject: configuring while interface is down From: Johannes Berg To: linux-wireless Cc: Jouni Malinen , Samuel Ortiz , Alina Friedrichsen Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-xyIX3dcjo8CHRm0LD2Hc" Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:36:13 +0100 Message-Id: <1236774973.20266.13.camel@johannes.local> (sfid-20090311_134043_057679_9B71941D) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-xyIX3dcjo8CHRm0LD2Hc Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Alina raised an interesting point -- wext allows you to configure an interface while it is down, at least by convention. Some parameters for cfg80211 we reject while an interface is down, e.g. adding new stations, partly for technical reasons and partly because that doesn't make sense when the mode of interface isn't fixed. For cfg80211's assoc/ibss calls, I think we should reject them outright when the interface is down, any objections? johannes --=-xyIX3dcjo8CHRm0LD2Hc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJt7A6AAoJEKVg1VMiehFYzb4P/1+lP6JQHjEc9iSZPSlWABHH zkuGKL+e9c9Iq0NXBRBFVJ9hICHaXd2mW/Uz9H9kVXlO1DoQbb6jhPOH4baJO9Ls nop3X+PNTEHy83oM+szHJEBQJwYW3Go14I9JqW7ATudkPlOJZF1NVrrLkvL3mkhY rnjrUBsDqSrc9j0c8060MgQUBoXsr+xLVZBDjS2UTNvee3xyLmu9SwEPiKRS4ebS wV1GxCJYoAARr4GGi+wX8t01WrkoIOcGt0D7ys1FfIktHfa0ZRz8qQuWngm+NofW H19HQ/aVaxV61BiP73kZPuQKekU//2vcRuTCq0Phmn0EFNeLK4j07BlcbUXa5MVg cHNUPUg59jDnG53xcEjYMR9c52DBfhCUvZsftbNwjSl+PX82U3uHXiUjP9okMPzR wRwIOo3oeSKuuRDiDIsgT5P+Iyr6jlBt1jVLauTeh/LKIfUGeXDC9Ynh+fe0x6Zf MEXZffSxDxamK7g4g84RUyua6Rd07ujNjhn+DtOZ4VwInfUhbuFwLKXUlhJT1oTY 20c+InXvj4qafKg7CA+/5q0KgWMv/yvVMcONrB8P6X9rpi0xEQNSn/Fjj9A9VZKp EGVReNC+G3xFDdAUOeKhH1k/ZUeROQCzBNLZ/zrf3GmmNiiVDS2O99qEBLxpWR2v 38e0aaQjiBWypxqeQa/O =SoV7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xyIX3dcjo8CHRm0LD2Hc--