Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:58450 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751531AbZDSRTO (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:19:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT] cfg80211/nl80211: add IBSS API From: Johannes Berg To: Alina Friedrichsen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20090419171546.158830@gmx.net> (sfid-20090419_191552_279073_CA045D96) References: <1240094996.21583.1.camel@johannes.local> (sfid-20090419_005015_625875_1781AFCD) <1240147370.898.0.camel@johannes.local> <20090419143337.158810@gmx.net> <20090419163204.158820@gmx.net> (sfid-20090419_183237_340935_6640098A) <1240160041.28138.0.camel@johannes.local> <20090419171546.158830@gmx.net> (sfid-20090419_191552_279073_CA045D96) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-9M/C+KxYF89Wn0Rz2kyX" Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:19:10 +0200 Message-Id: <1240161550.28138.6.camel@johannes.local> (sfid-20090419_191916_897805_1F525C79) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-9M/C+KxYF89Wn0Rz2kyX Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ahrg, can you stop sending mail to me and the list as two mails? If it's a problem then just reply to the list -- although I prefer to be CC'ed. On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 19:15 +0200, Alina Friedrichsen wrote: > > I don't think so -- how would I express "use channel 5 if you can't fin= d > > anything" in a single nl80211 command? >=20 > In the normal usage, you don't need it. Either you want make all > settings fixed if you build a stationary node, or you set only the > SSID if you join the IBSS temporary with your notebook. I don't see a > real reason to have an optimized one command solution for that. And on > multi interface wifis it's better set the channel and join the IBSS in > two different steps. The channel setting has site-effects on the other > interfaces, the IBSS joining mostly don't. (except TSF and so) It's not about optimisations, it's about correctness. If you don't set all things at once you don't know what will happen since something else might send commands too. johannes --=-9M/C+KxYF89Wn0Rz2kyX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJ610KAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYCQIP/ia+ao9y6vWok1jsmvASmPE+ uG32T+kfO8ChfB/JfLTpQLwvgRWOmiY9H3hQEzqbz73/5nQ3pSHhG7cO6tIO3qGz kpE+SOqOWK7ErqVDNnxbvdxTQ9VMrRWguTUzXXMebk4o82auWeIMEmauI3AIzB00 sdDAFmsBbYuLuXosAgIbkJkOE3bUHYshaVRlJF4r8AVqStgDxUpUK22ZRKEbhfb1 m3DICZ8uZogre7438kWFLRqjOSG/kZnC5ASAZ04pP4bbpTbL02vmyb/feHu/1+Hn qwdkZkuQu8XqAbndYCbPCYWc896fkOmmNmZCFbFwnbJWsSqWI73E43YmHLUEGmCV jOHx80SNPeGl601R1KwyzpaAFRY9GF1vJyIPrsE7x0ReZWWNK0MmGYZpGHPwzumQ dDrxQh/w41xoc2wteCLWukkTqOsJoTuO0tf5DfvhZd//GWHLAc8PAjOX9pLeoHbd Nq5K/NlZDt1CxRQy4EiCqfE5k6V6Vzx1/UH1lrcVGXmqTIX5zXseZZNK7dvvv0w2 /xHJYRP+C+4UYT2xGKVJp/DoANR4p17wQ9hdMB7/1lNj0PHdzBUIG1fW07k51Gnn wq/O+zTzldm8iaOz3BgfeT9xN3qgR6k0kJzL831CNEa+IA8FSSKvdGNF+X3jl/VD 3Wzh1XqAxOTS1C9IpGMW =3ltT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-9M/C+KxYF89Wn0Rz2kyX--