netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix TX after monitor interface is converted to managed

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Date:	Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:12:27 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>, linville@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix TX after monitor interface is converted
	to managed

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 10:34 -0400, Michael Wu wrote:
> On Thursday 04 October 2007 07:33, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > Fix this by unsetting the hard_start_xmit handler in ieee80211_if_reinit.
> > It will then be reinitialised to the default (ieee80211_subif_start_xmit)
> > in ieee80211_if_set_type.
> >
> Well.. this kinda sucks, but we can clean up the logic here later.

I kinda agree, but the hack in 50e1f4d76a9d45c940733f05ccd42c5bbe6ca132
which caused this was is hack too. Somebody really need to rewrite the
whole interface handling, it's a total mess with the master being
specially treated but initialised by the same functions etc. I think we
should start having a IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MASTER for this, maybe then
things will fall into place nicer.

johannes

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