Subject: Re: About the .start function in ieee80211_ops.
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Matt Chen <machen@suse.com>
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:41:09 +0100
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On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 14:57 +0800, Matt Chen wrote:

> >> > That's a bug in the driver then -- it should probably start the rfkill
> >> > stuff without mac80211's start() command. start() is only called when
> >> > the first interface comes up, but that will never happen if it's in
> >> > rfkill block.
> >> Do you have any idea which part of code would make the first interface
> >> comes up ?  :)
> >> Would that be in cfg80211 ?
> >
> > No code? You, as the user, running "ip link set wlan0 up" or
> > network-manager doing something similar etc.
> Big thank you for the information. :)
> For rt2x00, is this the only way to make the driver executing the .run
> function in ieee80211_ops structure definition ?

You mean .start, and yes :)

johannes