From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:57067 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761586AbYEPOvR (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2008 10:51:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH stable] libertas: Extend CMD_MESH_CONFIG to get and set persistent mesh default params. From: Johannes Berg To: David Woodhouse Cc: Brian Cavagnolo , devel@laptop.org, libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Andres Salomon , Javier Cardona , Ricardo Carrano In-Reply-To: <1210946949.3008.16.camel@pmac.infradead.org> (sfid-20080516_160924_625301_06CD189B) References: <482c8eb8.0b97600a.08e2.ffff8ee3@mx.google.com> <1210946949.3008.16.camel@pmac.infradead.org> (sfid-20080516_160924_625301_06CD189B) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-y0LMuYJQ4gGYZtvs9N5P" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:50:48 +0200 Message-Id: <1210949448.6381.13.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080516_165138_959673_C980C0F6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-y0LMuYJQ4gGYZtvs9N5P Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 15:09 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 11:01 -0700, Brian Cavagnolo wrote: > > This patch is based on a patch from Shailendra Govardhan. It introduce= s > > several new iwprivs: {get,set}_bootflag {get,set}_boottime {get,set}_de= f_chan > > {get,set}_def_protid {get,set}_def_metid {get,set}_def_meshcap > > {get,set}_def_meshid. These commands are only supported on Marvell har= dware > > that implements persistent defaults, such as the OLPC Active Antenna. > > Accordingly, this patch may not be suitable for upstream merging. > But this is the _one_ thing which might actually be OK to do with a > private ioctl, since it's very hardware-specific. Unlike like all the > mesh-mangling stuff where we really ought to be compatible with o11s. >=20 > So maybe, just maybe, we _can_ do this with iwpriv and push that > upstream. Maybe we do, after all, need an iwpriv equivalent in cfg80211/nl80211 so that we can kill wext at some point. Or maybe this should be in sysfs or so? johannes --=-y0LMuYJQ4gGYZtvs9N5P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUASC2fR6Vg1VMiehFYAQIgYBAApBnpMoRHHTtqJQ4vCWJK2lPeQSwLYrQE ccbp5yPZmrnlYcHGoS9+vh1cj4yiN8Ey1SjLog4Kum9GU4fgLOPYgzjiPbqve+es U+XxoazMisYUNiVFuTV29gfYuC3Xgi5VbDiadcP47wcXl0PHEfpTKBKMKNgMA8Es 5WmKDjcySuz9Hs0i76ReuWitHqntYzABpSxOrUMpeGLSHdI1wJ7ZG8BtA4GDYNUI EUZgSh7SjYn1HXxEmDbNl20xXBS0gfXGmJFhapLCkpuXVWQOzsnoidbQ/m0KpsG/ oolJVRSxPj0xncLu6G0g46m/eTQQ7NLG5zjDgJenbG7mf+LrgMiza8aiDH69obgM xiabI/ByIhInvl6szTlJZmeHpgGl3WHu9Idl7NY4MwAhAqjCU6QdttyKyhXJJOCR Hou4/7YoZRh6ZfFbL9D4CfepePdX4sSvGLu4/uuCosR6aj5DeSaz45Vx2a9QhCoy BxLc3wg1U0+6ioh/15p+G7p5psQcvXW9U2YgjSbAxSmCMZC0WYyDHiW224xXPA8t EoewDaA/o7UHQJtJn3BRABiCtVrv+jKeQ9lndgLu1AG0HyTMDdJBTEhhfYRVfhzy Im0x9GVAAJZPjy1cTAtJrub2V+VjDnNl53UQaQNQ7cxASfAhxZkOp0FLlPsju66P KjQ7fUf8epw= =udzZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-y0LMuYJQ4gGYZtvs9N5P--