Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:58019 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966840Ab3DQWJz (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:09:55 -0400 Message-ID: <1366236590.8217.64.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20130418_001014_392681_2C908D68) Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Add entry for nl80211 interface type From: Johannes Berg To: Bing Zhao Cc: linux-netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Stewart Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:09:50 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1366236369-543-1-git-send-email-bzhao@marvell.com> (sfid-20130418_000709_842159_3005786A) References: <1366236369-543-1-git-send-email-bzhao@marvell.com> (sfid-20130418_000709_842159_3005786A) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 15:06 -0700, Bing Zhao wrote: > 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. What's wrong with "iw dev", i.e. netlink/nl80211? johannes