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Re: configuring while interface is down

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On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 02:48:34PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 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.
That is quite reasonable, please go for it.

Cheers,
Samuel.


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