Return-path: Received: from www19.servergod.com ([64.89.16.20]:57200 "EHLO www19.servergod.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751809Ab2FSQMw (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:12:52 -0400 Message-ID: <4FE0A502.6010707@opentechinstitute.org> (sfid-20120619_181255_502084_B4F5EE13) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:12:50 -0400 From: Will Hawkins MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kalle Valo CC: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] mac80211/cfg80211: add support for userspace to handle auth frames on adhoc ifaces References: <4FDFC5B2.1010807@opentechinstitute.org> <8762an6azv.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> In-Reply-To: <8762an6azv.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/19/2012 03:01 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: > Will Hawkins writes: > >> Add cfg80211_mgmt_reg_match to cfg80211 to check for userspace >> application registrations for management frames rx'd from a specific >> interface. This function will be used by IBSS code to determine whether >> or not to send out "open" authentication frames. >> >> Update documentation for cfg80211_rx_mgmt to note that "query" frames >> are sent to matching userspace applications. >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Will Hawkins > > What's the user visible benefit from this? Does it add new features or > something? You could document that in the commit log. > Thank you for your feedback Kalle. I have to make some changes to this patch set so I will definitely include a better description in my next attempt. Will