Hallo Johannes! > Huh? No, it does not mostly do the same. Quite not so. Managed and IBSS > modes are _really_ different. Almost the only thing they have in common > is that they use an SSID and a BSSID. A character device is not the same as a block device too but it uses the same API like normal files. Thats the deference to DOS. And assoc() is the equivalent for join_ibss(), like read() or write() it can implemented with the same interface. In WEXT it's implemented with the same interface. > And an airy concept of "UNIX philosophy" really has nothing whatsoever > to do with it. Unfortunately I don't have the book "Modern Operating Systems" here so I can't quote it. Regards Alina -- Neu: GMX FreeDSL Komplettanschluss mit DSL 6.000 Flatrate + Telefonanschluss für nur 17,95 Euro/mtl.!* http://dslspecial.gmx.de/freedsl-surfflat/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a -- 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
