On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:43:13 +0100 Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What would be the correct way of fixing it? Maybe I can provide a patch. > > That's a really good question :-) > > I think if the driver has WANT_MONITOR_VIF, then we can pass that > through and let the driver sort it out. > > But if not, we probably just have to reject the configuration? With passing through you mean calling bss_info_changed on the driver for the monitor interface? Are monitor interfaces allowed to exist when WANT_MONITOR_VIF is not set? I ask, whether I would have to check sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR _and_ also ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF) ? Regards Peter
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