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Please excuse the long CC list. I want to make you aware that I plan to
remove the WIPHY_FLAG_ENFORCE_COMBINATIONS flag again soon, so that all
drivers that don't advertise valid combinations will not be able to have
multiple virtual interfaces.

The affected drivers, as far as I can tell, are:
 * ath5k
 * ath9k
 * carl9170
 * hwsim (I'll look at this)
 * iwlagn (I'm handling that of course)
 * mwl8k
 * rt2x00 (see RFC patch)

I'm happy to help out with the restrictions code, please let me know.

I'd like to remove the flag again before it ever goes upstream, but I
understand the timing is bad, unless we hold my patch out of 2.6.40.

For completeness, I checked all drivers, and the following drivers don't
support more than a single virtual interface anyway:
 * adm8211
 * at76c50x-usb -- but it is broken because it has no checks
 * b43
 * b43legacy
 * iwlegacy
 * libertas_tf
 * p54
 * rtl8180
 * rtl8187
 * rtlwifi
 * wl1251
 * wl12xx
 * zd1211
(Staging drivers:)
 * brcm80211 is broken, allows multiple but can't handle it
 * winbond is also broken the same way

johannes


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