On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 13:37 +0100, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: > Hi Felix, > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set, cfg80211 will now allow advertising typo: "will not allow" > > interface combinations with NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT present. > > Add appropriate ifdefs to avoid running into errors. > > I'm not sure if rt2x00 is the proper place to fix this. To me it > doesn't look good to have to sprinkle these kind of ifdefs throughout > the drivers to check if mac80211 has mesh enabled. > I would prefer a solution where drivers are still able to indicate > that they support mesh interfaces, but where mac80211/cfg80211 prevent > these kind of interfaces from being created. > > @Johannes: What is your view on this? It would be nicer, but the data is const so mac80211 can't modify it, and I don't see that we should add a lot of code/handshaking to mac80211/cfg80211 just to avoid one ifdef here. johannes -- 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
