On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM, uday kiran <kaniki.uday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Any pointers ?
>
> On 12/5/11, uday kiran <kaniki.uday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Is ieee80211_subif_start_xmit the standard function called for frame
>> conversion ? Or will it change based on the driver under use ?
>>
>> For frame conversion to work , is it must to add eth and wlan
>> interfaces to the bridge interface?
>>
>> Is it that once 802.3 stack understands that the dest mac is on wi-fi
>> interface , it calls this function ?
>>
>> Please clarify.
>>
The proper xmit function will be called according to the netdev used
to send the packet.
for mac80211's netdev:
static const struct net_device_ops ieee80211_dataif_ops = {
[...]
.ndo_start_xmit = ieee80211_subif_start_xmit,
[...]
};
Eliad.
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