Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:44232 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751832Ab1AXHrG (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:47:06 -0500 Received: by eye27 with SMTP id 27so1714209eye.19 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:47:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:46:59 +0300 From: Paul Fertser To: Bruno Randolf Cc: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "Thomas d'Otreppe" , Richard Farina , Maxim Levitsky Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] cfg80211: report monitor interface channel via wext when possible Message-ID: <20110124074659.GD25136@home.lan> References: <1295655098-17534-1-git-send-email-fercerpav@gmail.com> <1295773599.3639.4.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <201101241010.38393.br1@einfach.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <201101241010.38393.br1@einfach.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:10:38AM +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On Sun January 23 2011 18:06:39 Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 03:11 +0300, Paul Fertser wrote: > > > This makes it possible to retrieve the channel for the monitor interface > > > in cases when it can be determined unambigously. Tested with ath5k. > > > > NAK. > > > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/61860 > > > I don't think so -- I don't recall anyone ever asking before ;-) > > I definetly want this functionality for my WLAN monitoring tool ("horst" - > http://br1.einfach.org/horst). You took the quote out of the context :), Johannes meant that nobody has asked him how exactly he would like to see this functionality implemented, and the in the linked mail he outlines his proposal. Johannes, i know you're a busy man (no kidding, i understand you're doing serious work) and users should trust maintainers on their technical decisions, but i hope you can still spare a minute to explain me why my proposed way to use set_channel is wrong (as i'm yet to see any drawbacks). Working with real professionals like you is a great opportunity for me to learn and i appreciate it a lot. -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercerpav@gmail.com