netdev - Re: [PATCH] ieee80211_if_set_type: make check for master dev more explicit

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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:13:01 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee80211_if_set_type: make check for master dev more
	explicit

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 08:44:48PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:09 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> 
> > --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_iface.c
> > +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_iface.c
> > @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void ieee80211_if_set_type(struct net_device *dev, int type)
> >  	 * which already has a hard_start_xmit routine assigned
> >  	 * which must not be changed.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (!dev->hard_start_xmit)
> > +	if (dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE80211)
> >  		dev->hard_start_xmit = ieee80211_subif_start_xmit;
> 
> That should work as well although I think you should update the comment
> above :)

The comment still seem applicable.  How would you word it?

-- 
John W. Linville
linville@...driver.com
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