On 20 February 2016 at 16:18, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 01:14:05PM +0100, Janusz Dziedzic wrote: >> In case of global ctrl iface return "global" as >> a result of IFNAME. > > Why would this be done? "global" looks like a valid netdev name and > getting "UNKNOWN COMMAND" response would already be available for > recognizing the global interface. > >> + } else if (os_strncmp(buf, "IFNAME", 6) == 0) { > Yes, I think we can skip this patch. I added this to handle wpa_cli issue when connecting to global udp port. But, this is not required for wpaspy and in case of wpa_cli proper patch could be added to wpa_cli code. > Please also note that this would match any string starting with > "IFNAME". That does not sound correct regardless of whether there is > use in returning the fixed "global" response. > > -- > Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap