From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:33532 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751790AbcLGGsJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2016 01:48:09 -0500 Message-ID: <1481093287.4092.20.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20161207_074812_965924_E4D7B609) Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] cfg80211: NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER support for CMD_CONNECT From: Johannes Berg To: Denis Kenzior , Andrew Zaborowski , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 07:48:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <5847AEF9.90409@gmail.com> (sfid-20161207_074059_163818_6A66D9AB) References: <20161202205611.14141-1-andrew.zaborowski@intel.com> <1480945883.31788.3.camel@sipsolutions.net> <58457FEA.4030305@gmail.com> <1480949899.31788.34.camel@sipsolutions.net> <5845824B.4090304@gmail.com> <1480950886.31788.44.camel@sipsolutions.net> <584588A2.9090006@gmail.com> <1481008560.6610.3.camel@sipsolutions.net> <584730D7.2020708@gmail.com> <1481091301.4092.5.camel@sipsolutions.net> <5847AEF9.90409@gmail.com> (sfid-20161207_074059_163818_6A66D9AB) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2016-12-07 at 00:40 -0600, Denis Kenzior wrote: >  > > No, this is the part you didn't understand. Simply authenticating > > doesn't actually create anything like a "link" to the AP. The only > > Okay, but it is then a bit misleading that iw link reports us being  > 'connected' during this time for example. It doesn't! # iw wlan0 auth open 2462 -> iw event reporting wlan0 (phy #0): auth -> status: 0: Successful # iw wlan0 link Not connected. > Fair enough.  I think we can live with that since we're not using  > CMD_AUTHENTICATE unless we need to roam using FT. That seems like a very strange decision, but it's obviously up to you :) johannes