Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 5/19/2020 3:54 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Allow SoftAP creation via ioctl from test tool; also update dcmd buffer size >>> settings for new firmware. Also fix a sparse check error. >> >> What ioctl is this exactly? Wireless drivers should be using nl80211, >> not any ioctl interface. > > Hi Kalle, > > The terminology is a bit off. This is vendor specific command > interfacing directly with firmware and the content is opaque from > driver perspective. Ah, you mean nl80211 vendor command. That has nothing to do with ioctl :) > However, a number of these commands have their nl80211 equivalent. > Especially regarding creation of AP interface I would simply go with > creation through nl80211. And do note that we have new rules for nl80211 vendor commands: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/nl80211#vendor-specific_api -- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
