Return-path: Received: from mail-qk0-f179.google.com ([209.85.220.179]:34921 "EHLO mail-qk0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754410AbbLPN5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:57:33 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f179.google.com with SMTP id u65so44798231qkh.2 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:57:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:57:29 -0500 From: "me@bobcopeland.com >> Bob Copeland" To: Ben Greear Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: question on "mac80211_hwsim: support any address in userspace" Message-ID: <20151216135729.GB4073@localhost> (sfid-20151216_145736_701734_40645923) References: <5670DA9A.4010102@candelatech.com> <20151216132113.GA4073@localhost> <567166D0.5090000@candelatech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <567166D0.5090000@candelatech.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 05:27:44AM -0800, Ben Greear wrote: > >Does this patch cause problems for your userspace implementation? > > Yes, because I coded with the assumptions that the radio addr had nothing > to do with the vif addr. I see -- but looking back at wmediumd history (before I had anything to do with it) it seems it always had the opposite assumption -- e.g. the ATTR_ADDR_TRANSMITTER mac address was compared against addresses in the frame for delivery decisions. -- Bob Copeland %% http://bobcopeland.com/