Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:38256 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752054Ab2DRCEG (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:04:06 -0400 Message-ID: <1334714611.3725.34.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20120418_040412_714967_A28DBDAB) Subject: Re: [RFCv1] mac80211: Adds Software / Virtual AMP 80211 From: Johannes Berg To: Andrei Emeltchenko Cc: Marcel Holtmann , linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:03:31 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20120411071119.GC17779@aemeltch-MOBL1> References: <1334059909-20513-1-git-send-email-Andrei.Emeltchenko.news@gmail.com> <1334059909-20513-2-git-send-email-Andrei.Emeltchenko.news@gmail.com> <4F846257.1060807@sipsolutions.net> <1334092668.16897.54.camel@aeonflux> <4F84A422.3030900@sipsolutions.net> <4F84A52A.7050905@sipsolutions.net> <20120411071119.GC17779@aemeltch-MOBL1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Andrei, Sorry for the delay. I wrote answers to a lot of email on Friday morning but they all disappeared into the void -- not really sure what happened. > I am new to the wireless code but can new virtual interface separate those > interfaces? They can have different MAC addresses and you can run > wpa_supplicant for each virtual interface separately. It's never in your best interest to run one supplicant per virtual interface, you want to run one per piece of hardware so it can coordinate between virtual interfaces. johannes