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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Add entry for nl80211 interface type
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:54:29 -0700
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To: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
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Hi Bing,

> Add a "wireless/nl80211_iftype" entry in the net device sysfs
> file structure to indicate the mode of the wireless device so
> it can be discovered easily from userspace.

I do question a little bit the usefulness for this one. It would only work on netdev and on wdev devices. Using nl80211 to discover this information seems a lot better approach.

Regards

Marcel