From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca ([209.87.249.19]:47718 "EHLO tuna.sandelman.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934283AbdBQQNH (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:13:07 -0500 From: Michael Richardson Subject: Re: Register two 802.15.4 devices/interfaces in one driver In-Reply-To: <7eae598a-c56e-2aac-c0f4-cef9b92dc23b@pengutronix.de> References: <28517.1487255767@obiwan.sandelman.ca> <193c0df2-d259-9076-c442-5731f6124e50@pengutronix.de> <32430.1487274266@obiwan.sandelman.ca> <7eae598a-c56e-2aac-c0f4-cef9b92dc23b@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:12:53 -0500 Message-ID: <10193.1487347973@obiwan.sandelman.ca> Sender: linux-wpan-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Alexander Aring Cc: Xue Liu , linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Alexander Aring wrote: > Yes, turn transceiver "quietly" (maybe some pr_info notice) into > promiscuous mode or (if supported) turn off address filtering only. > Needs some driver layer changed and subsystem changes to allow it. > And this all quietly, just make a pr_info notice for networking experts > why your interrupt load for the transceiver will be increased. Yup. Clearly if you try to do things in software to compensate for lacks in hardware, there is a cost. That's fine as long as nobody is surprised. -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [ ] mcr@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEbsyLEzg/qUTA43uogItw+93Q3WUFAlinIQQACgkQgItw+93Q 3WVyVgf+I7S6HF5D4UrVahzEBxFk1E2NaRJJXLDXmFATzJ246mSyJURr6JwKZNN/ pSS+mjhWl0IUA9maO2Q2yxftAebGKatBWoPCrWJymnRMgb8j75wb2Z5qwQuXp4md cgHmD346sYEguq3+WxDMEAwl/xOnCc6zjJiYInYftUWFaKpFcSfz5CnqK1pzzmRj muYGbu3+Ip1RdMLpqjFNlTkMSe0757DBPL8HqY5ipux60k5hSF/KIFnYosKwOZmh FiWvB2WVGLLMK9bNq+rylfh/VodRqbXsQgcNsnX4GVzXe4kaOzc+5sdXVKdp1iTw AqTiNuiIi+WTCb9wBqa4x/57dUr1QQ== =q94X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--