On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 14:27 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > 1) it is transparent > 2) it helps us define the interfaces > 3) it is UMLME-agnostic > 4) it can support wext 5) There is no discovery issue It is always clear which userspace MLME to talk to since it has to register with the kernel anyway and it can be looked up by the network interface. With alternatives two and three, userspace must somehow be able to implement discovery to find the right netlink address/socket/... to talk to for a certain network interface. johannes
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