netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: No parent is better than an illegimate one.

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:29:15 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: No parent is better than an
 illegimate one.

On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 07:23 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> > It'll probably work, but anything in userspace relying on it will fail,
> > and you'll have some unused virtual devices in sysfs?
> 
> Well anything in userspace that isn't mac80211_hwsim specific will
> likely already fail because the format of the link is different for
> mac80211_hwsim then for every other wireless device.

Well, I seem to have a vague memory of network-manager for example
requiring the link but not really caring much what it is, but I might
remember something else that wasn't hwsim related.

johannes

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