Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How would the virtual interfaces look like? That is quite easy to answer. > They are net_devices, as they transfer data. > They should probaly _not_ be on top of the ethernet, as 80211 does not > have very much in common with ethernet. Basically they share the same > MAC address format. Does someone have another thing, which he thinks > is shared?
<brainstorming> It has a connection status. It has a connection speed, which is less static than on a LAN. (Maybe it can be asynchronous in the next version.) It can't yet be full duplex, but who knows ... It can be in promiscious mode (wardriving). > The virtual interface is then configured though /dev/wlan0 using write() > (no ugly ioctl anymore, you see...). Config data like TX rate, > current essid,.... basically everything + xyz which is done by WE today, > is written to /dev/wlan0. In ASCII parsed by an in-kernel library? Did you consider sysfs? What would a connection manager look for if it's supposed to act on * plugging in the WLAN card * finding/losing a (better) network -- Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
