On Wed, 01 May 2013 23:06:16 +0200 Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2013-05-01 10:21 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > What about using AF_PACKET bound to underlying wireless device and the > > packet type. You can even use BPF to filter. > As far as I know, AF_PACKET only works when not binding it to the packet > type (otherwise it get stolen by the rx handler). You can do AF_PACKET and it gets handle before rx_handler. > Not binding it to the packet type and using BPF to filter is expensive > on small embedded devices with small caches. Still, this requires > userspace changes, so we need a different solution. > > > Another alternative would be to have bridge accept control frames on > > dormant device but not send. > Sounds good, will you send a patch for that? > > - Felix > -- 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
