Return-path: Received: from purkki.adurom.net ([80.68.90.206]:52670 "EHLO purkki.adurom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753222Ab2FSHBq (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:01:46 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: Will Hawkins 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> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:01:40 +0300 In-Reply-To: <4FDFC5B2.1010807@opentechinstitute.org> (Will Hawkins's message of "Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:20:02 -0400") Message-ID: <8762an6azv.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> (sfid-20120619_090158_520244_60892D40) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. -- Kalle Valo