On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:30:21 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > In addition, we still have the problem with receiving encrypted eapol > frames etc. that we really need to see unencrypted but can't make it to > the network interface. Hm, are you able to get such management frames if you're not root (or has CAP_NET_RAW capabilities)? > I'm still for using netlink. It's just a socket too after all, and > what's the conceptual difference between packing network packets into > other packets or packing them into netlink messages? I don't see why > people are so dead set against using nl80211 for the userspace MLME > needs including frame stuff. I think netlink is fine if it is used for injection too (at least of management frames and WPA stuff). Jiri -- Jiri Benc SUSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
