netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/6] d80211: don't display name of invisible network device

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Date:	Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:19:15 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] d80211: don't display name of invisible network
	device

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 16:17 +0100, Jiri Benc wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:58:58 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Well, that's a bug indeed, but the cure isn't "don't allow any qos
> > operations" but rather "don't allow removal of the 802.11 qdisc".
> 
> This solution can be described as "don't allow 802.11 qdisc
> customization for now, introduce that as a new feature later when
> qdiscs and netdev are not tied together".

Ok, that makes sense.

> It solves several problems by stripping down just one feature (which
> hardly anybody uses now and which is not working properly anyway) which
> will be reintroduced later. Quite feasible I would say given the fact
> that userspace-visible master network interface is perceived as a merge
> blocker by some people.

Alright. Fine with me :)

johannes

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