Return-path: Received: from kvm.w1.fi ([128.177.28.162]:33895 "EHLO jmaline2.user.openhosting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750801Ab3LOGAv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 01:00:51 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.0 \(1822\)) Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant and driver reload From: Jouni Malinen In-Reply-To: <52A82A1D.80409@broadcom.com> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:46:50 -0800 Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Message-Id: <2323CBC6-B7B3-49FF-882F-66B9F0B9A879@w1.fi> (sfid-20131215_070113_170345_F18FCBC1) References: <52A82A1D.80409@broadcom.com> To: Arend van Spriel Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11 Dec 2013, at 1:02 am, Arend van Spriel wrote: > A basic questionIn my testing I normally stop wpa_supplicant when reloading my driver and start it again, but I was wondering whether this is needed. Can wpa_supplicant deal with interface index change for the network interface? Yes, it can. (Did you not try it before asking? Or did it fail in some way?) - Jouni