On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 23:29 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > >> >> Not sure I agree with the WARN_ON() if the driver's mac80211 config() >> >> callback fails. In our case when we tune to a different channel we >> >> have to clear any DMA operations first and then we reset the chip. >> >> Reseting the chip can fail for whatever strange hw issue cases. The >> >> patch fixes the complaint but is the complaint sane? >> > >> > What's mac80211 to do when it fails? >> >> How about a shiny new nl80211 event? > > And wtf would userspace do? If multiple configuration attempts fail perhaps stop trying, and inform the user? Luis -- 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
