From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Tourrilhes Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] softmac: return -EAGAIN from getscan while scanning Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:01:29 -0700 Message-ID: <20060414000129.GB23116@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Reply-To: jt@hpl.hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palrel13.hp.com ([156.153.255.238]:9856 "EHLO palrel13.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751166AbWDNABc (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:01:32 -0400 To: Stephen Hemminger , netdev@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote : > > Sounds like you want a message interface like netlink, not ioctl's. We have the message interface (through a Wireless Events, since WE-14). However, netlink is highly undesirable in embedded space for bloat reason. Jean