On 13/06/2012 17:46, Will Hawkins wrote: > Hello all! > > This patch allows userspace applications to use nl80211 to register for > AUTH frames received on adhoc interfaces. Hi, I just have a question here : when auth frames are not delivered to userspace, mac80211 will respond to them, and also uses them to detect node reboot. If you register for auth frames, mac80211 will still send auth frames as soon as a new station is seen, which might be confusing for user space. Is that ok to do this ? Or should userspace have more control over how mac80211 sends auth frames ? There is also another thing to consider if you want to send auth frames from userspace, as CMD_FRAME requires a frequency, which in IBSS mode, can change anytime without userspace being notified. If you only have to answer to received auth frames, this is easier as you can reuse the frequency given by nl80211 when receiving the auth frame. But if you want to send a auth frame independently, how do you get the frequency to use ? I ask because i was currently trying to move the node reboot detection from the kernel to userspace, and i currently only fixed these problems by ugly hacks. -- 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
