Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:33054 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756268AbZKQWpr (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:47 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC v2] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces From: Johannes Berg To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: netdev , linux-wireless , Felix Fietkau In-Reply-To: <20091117144239.47930866@nehalam> References: <1258465585.3682.7.camel@johannes.local> <1258490898.21197.42.camel@johannes.local> <20091117144239.47930866@nehalam> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-vtYkaYWN1+BwAnPo/pR3" Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:45:22 +0100 Message-ID: <1258497922.30511.1.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-vtYkaYWN1+BwAnPo/pR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 14:42 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Felix has recently added a four-address mode to the AP > > and client side that can be used (after negotiating that > > it is possible, which must happen out-of-band by setting > > up both sides) for bridging, so allow that case. > Looks good, maybe true four-address mode support will be available > more widely, and this will no longer be an issue. Doubt it, it breaks the current 802.11 standard, and I think 802.1X too if you use WPA/RSN. Anyway, thanks. I'll take a look tomorrow if we can do this generically in cfg80211, and then send a [PATCH] either way. johannes --=-vtYkaYWN1+BwAnPo/pR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJLAyd/AAoJEODzc/N7+QmaS6UQAJv/vzcZcwW0LNfaAv3ATF0K AoW5ysL5qEJ1w1KTmur47NQiRgSjxBiSNkCFvRdvFsiqH3yBw6gTqQ54OSwbxUAW /cmV6pCC6IQPsb44BTPYLlcE7vX/lRF0CyHvkEZLnoyHmwmjE5fBECq3zKGegNET ajswyZpt3bcf2KI+3Vq9L3WavH/347LeFMeyVcedACvtO4gfceTmfIpdaHws7emn 8HlB8YlfPQROvgWwnF73pt8VgDLr5WEFh3h187Mpkwm5O168WKGD0kGqYZmcG4lM +pXBkEILVstkbL3sxeXTwzj6txNFWe8wMPym4WNT40jJ1vlwSeY51hOZ5sKnk6vr or7TyB83t11L/igazDj27PtJB8gVMdnvjPHnJ5nrLAdhhiL6dfDDa7uTK3+FrMDe uAvbC/J1p+5kYu3ziPOdsq86YkutMr3F6N4hMLIDScvxEYkdr6Scm6I2tGlSqmdB QR7fvrMYWQXEMujz5ENqvCdiNG3Yu88Sj22bsZ6uyCsPM0hvq9Z+5qFHi3y1rhkG JFufWr1oUVUZxyGIL5/t7DZ8WTeRaCemygvijnSQd3ppkgBWgWk4IA1x05QRK7yL U61Px90moizt5MFO9WOLG2enueI5k0UFGhQniP41NiI0ShHj86KCZQdbhD58VDNy g6v9jU/p1dFZ7gsYFO13 =Mw7M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-vtYkaYWN1+BwAnPo/pR3--