On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > I seem to have missed the patch that introduces this advertisement of valid combinations in mac80211. Do you have a pointer towards this patch and/or some of the documentation for it? That would make it a lot easier to see if your RFC patch for rt2x00 actually makes sense ;-) --- Gertjan -- 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
