Re: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface

[Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>]

Jiri Benc wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:14:41 +0200, Jiri Benc wrote:
>> That's true. Still, couldn't we find a better solution?
> 
> I have a new idea. Maybe it will turn out to have fatal design or
> implementation problems, but anyway.
> 
> First, I thought how all of this would be easier if we have a native
> 802.11 (virtual) interfaces and don't translate from Ethernet. Then I
> realized it wouldn't help us much - we want to specify some parameters
> for each frame, so we'd have to use some encapsulation anyway to allow
> radiotap headers. Hm, wait a moment - why we cannot use the
> encapsulation we currently have? That means, why can't we encapsulate
> raw 802.11 frames in Ethernet frames?
> 
> Before you reject the whole idea, please think a moment about it.

I don't reject it at all, it's fine for injection.

But for any nontrivial use, you need to capture RX and not blindly
inject, and so you have a monitor mode interface up anyway.  The
footprint in the political networking space is less if it just goes in
as a monitor mode TX action.

-Andy