Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Cc: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
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On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 09:04 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> Then how does this work now? And will your change break it?
>=20
>                              kvm1
>                             /
>      =3D=3D=3D=3D> wlan0  --- bridge-- kvm2
>                             \
>                              kvm3

What's the type of wlan0? If it's managed, i.e. connected to an AP,
it /doesn't/ actually work now, which is my point.

johannes

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