Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:35851 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751280AbaIRNPR (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:15:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:13:25 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Vadim Kochan Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , linux-wireless , Emmanuel Grumbach , Oliver Hartkopp , johannes@sipsolutions.net Subject: Re: Comments regarding patch about setting netns for wireless devices Message-ID: <20140918131324.GA20197@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20140918_151528_105651_8BE106E7) References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:05:11AM +0300, Vadim Kochan wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to get some feedback about the patch: > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4890451/ > > The idea is that currently Linux wireless device is allowed to change > the network namespace only by nl80211 API, so RTM_LINK API does > not work. So I think that it should be possible to change netns > through the RTM_LINK too as generic way to change netns, > thats why I tried to solve this in the patch. > > Thanks, I think Johannes is vacationing right now. I'm sure he will comment when he returns. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.