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

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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:34:43 -0400
From:	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, johannes@...solutions.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix TX after monitor interface is converted to managed

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.

> +	BUG_ON(netif_running(dev));
This will never happen, so there's no point.

ACK with that bit removed.

Thanks,
-Michael Wu

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