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Re: configuring while interface is down

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On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 14:43 +0100, Alina Friedrichsen wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> > For cfg80211's assoc/ibss calls, I think we should reject them outright
> > when the interface is down, any objections?
> 
> How should assoc in cfg80211 work?

see Jouni's patches.

> For WEXT I like collecting all changes while the interface is down and
> the if it's up again apply them in one step. That is the reason why I
> want call "*_commit()" on interface up.

which is what we'll continue doing in cfg80211, but I think we shouldn't
bother the driver/mac80211 with it until the netdev is up, and thus
reject things from nl80211.

johannes

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