Re: [PATCH v3] mac80211: do not TX injected frames when not allowed

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:03:02AM -0800, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 18:50 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Monitor mode is able to TX by using injected frames. We should
> > not allow injected frames to be sent unless allowed by regulatory
> > rules. Since AP mode uses a monitor interfaces to transmit
> > management frames we have to take care to not break AP mode as
> > well while resolving this. We deal with this by allowing compliant
> > APs solutions to inform mac80211 if their monitor interface is
> > intended to be used for an AP by setting a cfg80211 flag for the
> > monitor interface. hostapd, for example, currently does its own
> > checks to ensure AP mode is not used on channels which require radar
> > detection. Once such solutions are available it can can enable this
> > flag.
> 
> > + * @NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_AP_MGT: this monitor interface is used for AP mode
> > + * 	to be able to inject management frames.
> 
> Come to think of it, is that really a good name? The intention is "will
> check for radar" but then we don't even have a way to check for radar
> yet!
> 
> So maybe we should leave that out, and introduce it with proper radar
> support later?

Dude, that's the approach I had in my first patch for this, you had suggested
to add this so I did. Anyway yeah I agree, heh. I'll send v5.

  Luis