linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Add entry for nl80211 interface type

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Message-ID: <1366236590.8217.64.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net>
Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:09:50 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
Cc:	linux-netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Stewart <pstew@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Add entry for nl80211 interface type

On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 15:06 -0700, Bing Zhao wrote:
> Add a "wireless/nl80211_iftype" entry in the net device sysfs
> file structure to indicate the mode of the wireless device so
> it can be discovered easily from userspace.

What's wrong with "iw dev", i.e. netlink/nl80211?

johannes

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