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

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Message-Id: <0156C538-4175-47E9-B667-C2127CBEF3EB@holtmann.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:54:29 -0700
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
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

Hi Bing,

> 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.

I do question a little bit the usefulness for this one. It would only work on netdev and on wdev devices. Using nl80211 to discover this information seems a lot better approach.

Regards

Marcel

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